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Are You a Cockeyed Optimist?
LIZ LANGE: Everyone always says to ask yourself if you are passionate about your idea. But I'd take it a step further and say ask yourself if you couldn't live with yourself if you didn't pursue this idea — particularly if someone else ultimately does. When I started Liz Lange Maternity, I knew that I knew that I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I didn't do it.
Ask yourself is you are a cockeyed optimist. So much can and will go wrong that you need to be the kind of person who always believes there's a solution for every problem. You are in a small boat and it will be bumpy — you need to be a constitutionally positive person. If you don't believe, no one else will.
Related to question is: Ask yourself if you are you capable of shutting out all the negative noise. The truth is, until someone does something, no one ever thinks it's a good idea (later they won't know how they ever lived without it.). So you need to be able to almost wear blinders and earmuffs and doggedly pursue your idea even in the face of a predictable amount of negativity. When I told pregnant women I wanted to design stretchy fitted maternity clothing, they said they'd never wear it. And retailers told me pregnant women don't buy maternity clothing. Well, they do and today you never see a pregnant woman in an oversized mu-mu.


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Carol A. Wyrick, 57, of Boonville, Mo., went by private vehicle to Hannibal Regional Hospital for treatment of minor injuries suffered in a collision at 7:50 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, on a U.S. 36 outer road a half mile west of Hannibal in Marion County.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Nicholis W. Tischer, 25, of Hannibal, Mo., was driving a 2006 Ford pickup truck and backing down a private driveway.
Officers said Tischer was unable to stop on the ice-covered driveway and slid into the path of an eastbound 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue driven by Wyrick.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's basketball team has signed 6-foot-7 forward Jeff Beverly (Houston, Texas/Clear Springs HS) to a National Letter of Intent, head coach Willis Wilson announced today. The 235-pound Beverly is the 44th-ranked player in the state of Texas according to TexasHoops.com.
"Physically, Jeff is a young man who has developed well beyond his years," Wilson said. "There aren't many players with his combination of size and skill at the high school level, so this is a big get for our program. To get a player of his caliber out of Houston is definitely a win for Texas A&M – Corpus Christi."
Beverly has averaged a double-double over his last two years at Clear Springs under Chris Johnson, including 11 games with 20 points or more and 20 games with double-digit rebounds. In every game but one he finished in double figures in scoring. For his efforts, he was selected as the Offensive MVP of District 24-5A after leading his school to 23-10 mark a year ago. Beverly played his AAU ball for Gulf Coast Blue Chip under head coach Clyde Jackson.
As a sophomore, Beverly helped lead Clear Springs to a 30-6 record. He averaged 12.6 points, including eight contests with 20 points or more, including 28 in a win over Bryan on Dec. 3. He also added five double-digit rebound games in his sophomore campaign, and is expected to be one of the top players in the area as a senior.
Beverly also trained with former NBA player and coach John Lucas in Houston, just as current Islander and Houston native Johnathan Jordan has in the past. Beverly has been rated the seventh-best senior in the Houston area and the 12th best player in the city overall.
The Islanders will return to the court Saturday night as they match up with Utah State University for an 8:05 p.m. CT tipoff. The game can be heard on NewsRadio 1360 KKTX with Yannis Koutroupis on the call beginning at 7:50 CT with the pregame show. For all the latest on Islanders Basketball, be sure to follow the team on Twitter (@IslandersMBB) and Facebook (Facebook.com/IslandersMBB).


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To get in the mood, I picked up a plastic black fedora from the Party Warehouse for a coupla clams and tugged it on at a rakish tilt. It didn't want to stay -- rakishly tilted, that is -- so I considered Scotch-taping it to one ear. I did not do so.
Still, the topper made it a little easier to slide incognito past the 1920s Mercedes breezer parked out front and the big cheese with the Tommy gun, clad in spiffy white double-breasted glad rags -- his fedora tilting the rake fantastic -- surrounded by broads in boas, shaking their respective chassis.
The caper was, after all, the "1920s Gamblers & Gangsters"-themed Bingo Night at Rhythmix Cultural Works in Alameda, so costumes were requested -- and I didn't wanna get the bum's rush.
There's been lots of talk about Bingo Night. Good talk. Rhythmix -- the super-duper nonprofit center for all manner of arts from flamenco performances, gallery shows, art classes, hula-hooping, youth arts, film screenings, music, you name it -- has a bimonthly (that's every other month to youse guys) bingo extravaganza. And I do mean a definite "vaganza" of "extra" proportions that nearly always sells out.
Next is June 12 with a Woodstock theme. (Hey, man, get your tie-dye threads on!) But in the past, they've had Motown bingo, cartoon bingo, Arabian Nights, Broadway, sci-fi, Bollywood and even zombies for Halloween. (Maybe they shouted out "Brains!" instead of "Bingo!")
This is not your church-basement bingo -- no offense, church basements. For one thing, this is on the second floor. And another thing, this is basically a stage show where a bingo game breaks out. There's dancing, singing, laughing, some Arizmendi pizza, a little booze on the side, a lotta innuendo and the crumpling of spent bingo sheets with which unlucky bingo bums pummel the winners. There are prizes up to $200 -- that's a lotta cabbage -- and things such as tickets to upcoming shows, or items donated from local businesses.
The only thing in common with church bingo is that it's basically a fundraiser to help keep the other events going, says the executive director dame, name of Tina Blaine, who goes by Bean. I get it. Incognito.
"We didn't want to go traditional with this," Bean says. "Traditional is boring."
A lot of regulars show up with packs of pals, but you'll find lots of newbies, too, like me. Bingo sheets were laid out on long tables in front of the stage. I sat by William Wong, in spats and suspenders, a snuffed-out stogie crammed in his craw. He runs Localize It, a membership buying card for small businesses in Alameda, and loves this show. But it took a while. "I resisted for a long time. I mean, bingo?" he says. "But people would say, 'It's not that kind of bingo.' They were right."
The stage was set with an overstuffed chair and a black sign spelling, "Dan's Produce," the local sponsor for the gig, written out in white with a little puppeteer pulling the strings, in "The Godfather" fashion. Godfather music played, too. I checked my chair for horse heads.
The emcee, "Mr. Entertainment," came onstage with a seersucker jacket and street-wise yammer. "Welcome to Big Lou's bingo night! We're gonna be lousy with prizes, and have some flimflam later on."
He went over the rules, which, if you remember bingo, are not very hard. "When you win, we're gonna fingerprint ya' and cuff ya'. Gotta be 18 or older," he said, glaring around the room. "I think we're safe in that department."
Then Big Lou emerged, aka Ed Holmes, strutting out in a long maroon coat, spats, a yellow boutonniere and a violin case. "I'm ready to call some balls," he said. "You winners out there -- and you know who you are -- be ready."
Dancin' broads in boas kept the flim, the flam and the glam going all night -- led by Rhythmix founder Janet Koike (and spouse to Big Lou). Lou called out numbers. G-54, N-43, B-4 ... nothing.
But after a few games, I knew my number was up -- in a good way. Right after a break and a fancy dance interlude to "Hey Big Spender" with Lou tossing out fake bills, Game 4 began with a prize of 25 big ones to the Alameda Bike Shop. All I needed was N-31. Come on N-31 ... got it! I mean, "Bingo!" I jumped up in triumph, eagerly accepting my proper pummeling. Then, feeling on the level, I donated the prize back to the cause.
But I hung on to the glory -- tucked it under my hat.
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Bingo Night at Rhythmix Cultural Center, 2513 Blanding Ave., Alameda, near the Park Street Bridge. 510-865-5060, www.rhythmix.org
When: Every other month. Next is June 12 for "Woodstock Bingo." Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and gaming starts about 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $25, which includes a drink discount and hours of bingo play for those 18 and older. Bingo usually sells out, so it's best to purchase tickets in advance.
Eats: Volunteers staff food and drink stations that offer pizza slices from Arizmendi Bakery, chips, sodas, wine, beer and cocktails for nominal prices.


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NEW YORK -- "Make-or-miss league" is one of Mark Jackson's favorite catchphrases, and it certainly was applicable Wednesday night when his Warriors missed a chance at history with an agonizing 102-98 defeat to the Brooklyn Nets.
After a hard-fought battle, the Warriors took a four-point lead with 4:06 to go, and with one big made bucket might have closed out several big deals.
Longest Warriors' road winning streak ever (eight games). Matching of the franchise's longest-winning streak ever (11 games). And the cherry: The first 7-0 road trip by any club in NBA history.
But when it came down to it, the Warriors simply couldn't make the big one to seal it. In a span of two minutes, the Warriors missed four open 3-point tries -- one by Stephen Curry, two by Klay Thompson, one by Andre Iguodala -- any one of which might have finished the job.
Instead, the Nets used Golden State's 3:57 dry spell to reel off nine straight points and claim the victory at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. One that spoiled all the Warriors' assorted numerical quests but didn't completely spoil their collective mood after a 6-1 road trip for the second straight season.
"It's frustrating right now," said Curry, who had 34 points to lead Golden State's near-miss. "But you can look at the big picture of our road trip and realize we did some good stuff and put ourselves in position to capitalize on our home-heavy schedule the next couple months."
One might question why the Warriors didn't push the ball inside for higher percentage shots down the stretch. But for better or worse, that's who they are, and they won't apologize for it.
"We got some good looks, we just didn't knock them down," Jackson said. "It's a tough loss."
"I had great looks, especially those two 3's I missed," Thompson said. "But you can't let it get you down. You have to take those shots every time. But it's bittersweet, especially when we had a chance to make history and were up 16 at one point."
Indeed, the game started as if it would be a Warriors runaway. Golden State hit 11 of its first 14 shots, including 6 of 7 from 3-point range, to take a 32-16 lead with 1:43 left in the first quarter on Harrison Barnes' bomb from the corner.
But Brooklyn whittled away from that point, cutting the lead to 10 at the quarter break, then outscoring the Warriors 37-20 in the second period -- the most points scored against them in a quarter this season.
The Warriors fought back from 11 down in the third period to take a one-point lead into the final 12 minutes, and it was an epic battle to the finish against Brooklyn's cast of veterans.
But after the Warriors took the biggest lead of the quarter by either team (93-89), their offense went dry. The Warriors didn't score again until Curry made three free throws with 9.1 seconds left. The Warriors had to foul and hope for a Brooklyn miss, but Kevin Garnett knocked down two free throws with 8.5 seconds to go, and Joe Johnson did likewise with 5.1 seconds left after a Curry basket. That was it.
Some Warriors thought their best chance evaporated in the first half when they blew the 16-point lead.
"Especially on the road in this league, it's tough when you have to beat a team twice," said David Lee, who had 20 points and seven rebounds. "We were up and let them come back into the game."
That was pretty much the bench's fault, and Jackson said as much afterward. After perhaps their best game of the season in Milwaukee, the backups were a mess against Brooklyn, perhaps heightening the urgency for the Warriors to make a deal to upgrade the reserve unit. Brooklyn's bench outscored Golden State's 36-17.
As for the lost statistical milestones his team missed out on, Jackson was philosophical.
"The history that we're chasing after is bigger than a 7-0 road trip," he said. "So we move ahead, make the proper corrections and look forward to taking care of what we didn't take care of tonight. We will not lose sight of the fact that we were 6-1 on this trip."
Johnson led the Nets, who won their fourth straight under East Bay native Jason Kidd, with 27 points, while backup Andray Blatche added 17.
With a loss to Brooklyn on Wednesday, the Warriors fell one game short of matching the longest winning streak in franchise history. Here are the longest win streaks in franchise history:
11 Dec. 29, 1971, to Jan. 22, 1972
10 Dec. 21, 2013, to Tuesday
10 Dec. 28, 1959, to Jan. 13, 1960
10 Dec. 6, 1975, to Dec. 23, 1975
friday's game
Boston (13-22) at Warriors (24-14), 7:30 p.m. CSNBA
A look at the Warriors'
10-game winning streak (home team in caps):
No. 1 Dec. 21
Warriors 102, Lakers 83
Warriors rebound from loss to short-handed Spurs with convincing win over L.A.
No. 2 Dec. 23 Warriors 89, Nuggets 81
David Lee has 28 points and 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double in a row.
No. 3 Dec. 25 Warriors 105, Clippers 103
Questionable ejection of
Blake Griffin helps Warriors escape Christmas Day tilt.
No. 4 Dec. 27
Warriors 115, Suns 86
Stephen Curry has career high in assists (16) and rebounds (13).
No. 5 Dec. 29 Warriors 108, CAVS 104, OT
Stephen Curry hits key shot in overtime as Warriors open long road trip with victory.
No. 6 Dec. 31
Warriors 94, MAGIC 81
Warriors hold Orlando to 38 percent shooting and starters get needed rest.
No. 7 Jan. 2
Warriors 123, HEAT 114
Curry (36 points, 12 assists) and Lee (32 points, 14 rebounds) lead way.
No. 8 Jan. 3
Warriors 101, HAWKS 100
Andre Iguodala hits game-winning 3-pointer at buzzer and sprints off court.
No. 9 Jan. 5
Warriors 112, WIZARDS 96
Warriors open third quarter on 30-5 run.
No. 10 Jan 7
Warriors 101, BUCKS 80
Warriors outscore Milwaukee 27-9 over first nine minutes of third quarter.


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Mind your trash when dumping, officials say
Published: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 11:00 p.m.
Terrebonne Parish officials said they are fed up with the littering that persists around the Ashland Sanitary Landfill near Grand Caillou Road in Houma.
"We are asking residents who are coming to or leaving the dump site to make sure that their trailers are covered because we are finding too much trash along these roads around the landfill," said Terrebonne Parish Councilman Danny Babin.
Tom Bourg, parish utilities director, said the parish issued a notice to local garbage haulers before to make sure they aren't leaving trash in their wake as they make their rounds. It's common to see garbage in areas surrounding the landfill from Ashland Landfill to Woodlawn Ranch roads, Bourg said.
Bourg suspects the garbage accumulates by commercial carriers as well as from locals using the landfill at 337 Ashland Landfill Road.
Bourg and his department wants residents and commercial haulers to secure their loads.
Terrebonne Sheriff Jerry Larpenter recently had jail trusties pick up trash around the area and has pledged to have officers patrol those streets in the coming weeks.
"I am going to have deputies out there writing tickets for people that don't clean their trailers or their garbage trucks," he said.
Larpenter said commercial carriers as well as residents have a responsibility when they use the landfill to make sure they clean everything out of their truck beds or trailers and be sure to secure a cover so nothing blows out when they are driving.
"If they aren't securing their loads, we are going to give them littering tickets."
Penalties for littering in Louisiana, according to state law, can range from $50 to $5,000. Those who litter can also get between four and 10 hours of community service, suspension of their driver's license for one year and up to 30 days in jail.
State and local governments pay about $40 million a year to pick up and haul away litter, according to Leigh Harris, executive director of Keep Louisiana Beautiful.
In Terrebonne, an 11.21-mill property tax generates nearly $8 million each year that generally goes toward garbage collection and disposal and running the Ashland dump.
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Motorcyclist dies in wreck in Charlotte County
Published: Sunday, August 4, 2013 at 7:34 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, August 4, 2013 at 7:34 a.m.
CHARLOTTE COUNTY - A 59-year-old man died Saturday night after he lost control of his motorcycle on State Road 776.
Shortly before 8 p.m., Edward A. Van Winkle of Ocoee was eastbound in the right lane east of County Road 771 when he failed to negotiate a curve, the Florida Highway Patrol reports. His 2008 Suzuki crossed a sidewalk, rotated counter clockwise, went down an embankment and overturned, ejecting Van Winkle.
Paramedics took Van Winkle to Lee Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Nike Chosen Sessions – Crew Video Contest: The Announcement
Selecting the Chosen Video Crew wasn't an overnight decision. In Round 1, Crews battled it out to be noticed by Nike. We narrowed the field to the Top 9 and put voting in your hands, which sent the 3 Top crews to Silvretta Montafon Austria for the Nike Chosen Sessions. It was there the crews had one week to film & edit a fresh video to be judged by the Nike Pros. All the crews put together such amazing videos, but at the end of the day the it was Nike Pros votes that made it count. It was not an easy decision. The votes have been tallied and we're proud to announce, RockonSB has been Chosen to Live Like a Pro. Don't forget to check out nikechosensessions.com for all the action all at once.Read More


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BERKELEY -- The world-famous Chez Panisse restaurant was damaged by a fire early Friday morning, but a sprinkler in a downstairs dining room may have saved the building, fire officials said.
As the sun rose over the Berkeley hills, a tearful Alice Waters stood in front of the iconic Berkeley institution that she cofounded in 1971, recalling a fire that started more than 30 years ago, as she cooked in the kitchen.
"It brings up a lot of emotional sadness for me," a barely audible Waters said to rows of news cameras and microphones. "It reminded me of the first time when the fire took out a wall between the kitchen and the dining room. I'm just glad nobody was in the building."
The restaurant, where U.S. presidents have dined, will be closed at least through March 23. Fire officials have all but ruled out arson and are focusing their investigation on some electrical equipment under the front porch of the Shattuck Avenue building.
After touring the darkened restaurant with fire officials early Friday morning, the stress of the event was evident on Waters' face which morphed from a grimace to a smile and back to the countenance of someone trying very hard to keep herself together. As she exited the building and crossed the street to talk with reporters, a fire official accompanied her, and she hugged her longtime pastry chef Mary JoThoresen.
A note posted on the Chez Panisse website Friday said restaurant staff would be calling diners to cancel reservations through March 23. It said the restaurant will not take any new reservations until after March 11.
No one was injured in the blaze, which was reported just after 3 a.m. The fire was under control by about 4:30 a.m.
Damage was heavy in the front porch area, near where the fire was thought to have started. Flames spread inside the building, to a downstairs dining area, but a sprinkler there controlled the blaze as firefighters worked from the inside, likely saving the building, said Berkeley fire department spokesman Avery Webb.
Friday morning Waters already had some new ideas for fixing the charred downstairs portion of her restaurant.
"The first thought I had is maybe we should extend the dining room out," Waters said.
The fire initially was being treated as suspicious in nature because it started under the porch, which is "unusual," Webb said. But investigators then focused on some electrical equipment under the porch as a possible cause.
"So far there is no obvious evidence of arson," Webb said late Friday.
As for reopening, both Waters and Webb said the real issue aside from the fire will be smoke damage to the entire restaurant.
"It's hard to say what they'll allow us to do," Waters said. "It's always smoky in the restaurant anyway. I guess we'll just have to burn more rosemary."
She said it was a "miracle" that there appeared to be no damage to the structural beams that hold up the building.
Foodies, former chefs and contemporaries of the Berkeley food scene piled Waters with praise for her years of cooking and wished her restaurant a speedy recovery.
"Fire is not new to Chez Panisse, so they are very lucky," said Gayle Pirie, co-owner and chef of the Foreign Cinema restaurant in San Francisco and a Chez Panisse cook from 1994 to 1997. "They will probably have a swift turnaround and it will be stronger and more beautiful than before. And the Obamas will probably come out and reinaugurate the restaurant when it's rebuilt."
Alice Medrich, a contemporary of Waters who ran the Cocolat truffle shop down the street from Chez Panisse from 1976 to 1990, said "this too shall pass."
"But the idea of it not being there is an emotional thing," Medrich said, "especially in this neighborhood. Losing that beloved old building would have been a huge loss. But thank heavens no one was hurt and the building was saved."
Webb said the city's health department will have to inspect the building before it reopens. He estimated the damage at $150,000 to $200,000.
Doug Oakley covers Berkeley. Contact him at 510-843-1408. Follow him at Twitter.com/douglasoakley.
Staff writer Daniel M. Jimenez contributed to this report.


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At a time Parkland Memorial Hospital needs a critical blessing from federal regulators to avoid a shutdown, its officials have struck a $500,000 deal with a powerhouse lobbying firm to protect its regulatory interests in Washington D.C.
I report on this new development in today's edition.
The hiring of Holland & Knight, one of the biggest lobbying firms in the country, comes during arguably the most pivotal, pressure-packed phase of the taxpayer-supported hospital's history. Over the next 12 weeks, it must prove to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that it's a danger-free hospital as part of a rare safety oversight agreement. If the hospital fails, regulators have said they will cut off about $400 million in healthcare dollars vital to its survival. And lately, serious flaws have been found in reform measures Parkland has put into place.
A big question: Will Holland & Knight be lobbying the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services or other government officials to try to somehow modify the monitoring process or seek leniency?
Parkland officials won't say.
As readers of this blog know, they have consistently refused to divulge detailed information about the monitoring process or answer most questions that may pertain to it, usually citing fears of litigation.
On this blog post, I'm providing the public links to documents underlying events on each front: The December compliance report I detailed in Monday's paper, describing pitfalls in the implementation of care reforms. And the lobbying contract Parkland signed with Holland & Knight this week.
To get a handle on Holland & Knight's lobbying muscle, check out its profile on the Center for Responsive Politics website here, which tracks billings and areas of political influence.
You can follow me or our investigative reporting team on Twitter. We're also on Facebook.


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Friday, April 6, 2012
Indian Runner Ducks for the Urban Homestead
We have just added two Indian Runner ducklings to our flock of Khaki Campbells. These are the two most recommended breeds for the backyard flock. Both are good foragers and highly productive egg layers. The female Indian Runner lays 150-200 eggs a year or more. They were discovered on the Indonesian Islands of Lombok, Java and Bali where they were "walked' to market and sold as egg layers or for meat. They are highly comical as they walk upright like penguins. I have loved "Ferdinand" in the movie BABE since I first laid eyes on him!
These girls will be mainly foragers and slug and snail control. Secondly, they will be egg layers. We have found ducks to lay consistently for only a couple of years. Our chickens have been productive for a longer period of time. We cull the chickens as their production wanes. We do not cull the ducks. They become pets. We are far more enamored with our ducks than with our chickens.
O.k., our original Americauna has been spared out of pure sentimentality! And.... we can't cull our Aracauna because we are too attached to her hawk-like looks and wild-bird ways. We love it when she gets fed up with the other hens' bad behavior and flies the coop to take respite in the Redwood tree! Plus, she's just beautiful! Sorry, I digress.... back to the ducklings. I must confess! I am totally in love with these little girls! They are the cutest thing I've ever seen and just as sweet as pie. They are only four days old and their personality is already showing!
My husband named this one Daisy. She's a bit more 'Dazey' than the flower. She kind of goes through her day eating, pooping, sleeping. You know, the usual baby thing. She doesn't care that she has food all over her face. So what!
This one on the other hand looks you right straight in the eye with pure joy. She is just as pleased as punch to have landed here on earth. She likes to run around happily, smiling as she goes. A duck 'smile' is when they open their bill for no reason other than pure delight!
Welcome to the homestead girls!
Posted by Petaluma Urban Homesteaders at 10:23 PM
Labels: ducks
3 comments:
- Melany Vorass said...
Precious! I want one, er 10! I love the way ducks laugh too: AH, ha, ha, ha, ha : )
- April 7, 2012 at 7:03 AM
- Mr. Homegrown said...
I want one too!
- April 7, 2012 at 6:34 PM
- LEG said...
Those are adorable! How do they look now? I got one duckling at the beginning of April and she looked kind of how your two look and I'm wondering how yours are looking now, like size, coloring, that what-not.
- June 14, 2012 at 7:52 PM
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Man dies after Manatee County house fire
Published: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 12:28 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 3:10 p.m.
MANATEE COUNTY - A man in a wheelchair was killed by a house fire Tuesday morning, despite escaping with help from a neighbor, says Cedar Hammock Fire Rescue.
The responders arrived at the house in Bayshore Gardens four minutes after a 911 call at about 6 a.m. They found the victim, Gail Dollinger, 62, outside the home, removed from the burning home by a neighbor, according to a news release. He was having a heart attack, and despite life-saving efforts could not be revived.
Dollinger, who was wheelchair-bound, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The small fire was contained to a bedroom in the home and quickly extinguished. Four fire engines, a battalion chief and an ambulance responded to the residence in the 6200 block of 26th Street West.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Cedar Hammock Fire Department, the division of the State Fire Marshal and the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. At this time, it appears the fire was accidental.
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ALAMEDA -- It was the second day of a rookie minicamp practice in shorts with no pads Saturday, but it was special to Raiders cornerback D.J. Hayden.
Hayden has been a national story since being picked by the Raiders with the 12th selection of the NFL draft April 25, including an ESPN piece detailing his miraculous comeback from a ruptured vein leading to his heart.
The Nov. 6 injury, with a 95 percent fatality rate, was repaired during surgery and left a long scar down the front of his body. Hayden lost 25 pounds and couldn't walk for three weeks.
Despite the injury, which occurred during practice, the University of Houston cornerback was so highly regarded by Reggie McKenzie that the Raiders general manager said he planned to take Hayden with the third pick had a deal not been reached to move back to No. 12.
Having watched the collision that caused the injury more than 100 times in the hospital, Hayden now says he's over it.
"I don't even think about it," he said. "The only time I think about it is when somebody asks me. But when I'm on the field I don't think about it. I think about the play, and I think about the coverage. I've put it past me."
The no-contact sessions are the closest thing to actual football Hayden has seen since being injured.
"It felt so great just to be out there, to put the helmet back on and actually be back on the field," Hayden said.
Hayden practiced despite a slight hamstring strain incurred while training for his pro day 40-yard dash but said he has been "completely" cleared by doctors following a procedure that repaired his inferior vena cava and required surgeons to cut through his sternum.
On one play, Hayden missed a jam at the line of scrimmage but made a quick recovery and broke up a pass with a swipe of his right hand.
"He's looked pretty good," coach Dennis Allen said. "He made a nice play on the ball today. I'm pleased with where D.J.'s at. It's going to be a learning process. It's putting one foot in front of the other. I think when it comes time to play games this September he'll be ready to roll."
"Obviously, there's a lot I have to learn," Wilson, a fourth-round draft choice, said. "I've got a lot of work to do to get up to speed because there have been veteran guys that have been here that are way ahead of me right now. So I'm playing catch-up. I do think I can bring some things to the table skill-set wise."
Wilson's arm strength was evident, particularly in contrast with Kyle Padron, an undrafted free agent out of Eastern Washington and the only other quarterback on the minicamp roster.
Equally as impressive to Allen is Wilson's demeanor.
"I like the way that Tyler's commanded the huddle," Allen said. "I've liked the way that he's gone through his reads. He's picking up a new system, but I think he's doing a nice job. I don't think there's any question about his arm strength and his accuracy."
The hope is getting away from home will be part of the maturation process.
"Getting away from my family, changing my life and the people I'm around will help a lot," he said.
"We're basing out of a 4-3, just like we did last year," he said. "We're going to have the ability to have some 3-4 looks, implement things and make them as simple as we can for our players and complicated for the offense."


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Google has been rebuffed in its effort to restore an anti-Muslim video on YouTube, shot down by a federal appeals court that on Friday rejected arguments that requiring the company to take it down will cause "irreparable harm" because of its impact on online free speech.
In a brief order, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals denied a stay of a ruling earlier this week ordering Google to remove the "Innocence of Muslims" video from YouTube. The appeals court ordered YouTube to comply with the order within 24 hours, although Google lawyers already indicated in court papers they have already taken down the video.
Google argued the video should be restored on YouTube while the company presses an appeal of this week's decision, but the 9th Circuit refused.
Google warns the ruling could have damaging free speech implications for the online world and make it too easy for anyone to get an order removing video content from a website.
"Under the (9th Circuit ruling), minor players in everything from Hollywood films to home videos can wrest control of those works from their creators, and service providers like YouTube will lack the ability to determine who has a valid copyright claim," Google argued.
A divided 9th Circuit panel disagreed on Wednesday, siding with a Los Angeles actress who sued Google after she discovered she'd been misled into appearing in the video, which sparked violent protests across the Muslim world when it aired in September 2012. The appeals court found the actress, Cindy Lee Garcia, was entitled to have the video taken down from YouTube, saying she faced legitimate threats and had copyright protections to her acting work.
Garcia had been cast in a minor role in a film called "Desert Warrior" and was paid $500 by director Mark Youssef, only to discover the material was used in the anti-Muslim video. Her voice was dubbed over with an insult to the prophet Mohammed. She contends she has been subjected to ongoing death threats since it appeared.
In Friday's order, the 9th Circuit said versions of the video without Garcia could remain on YouTube and other "platforms" controlled by Google.
Google plans to ask the 9th Circuit to rehear the case with an 11-judge panel.
The decision has been roundly criticized by online speech advocates, such as the Center for Democracy and Technology, which called it "troubling" and "flawed."
In addition, William Becker, a lawyer for Youssef, said the director plans to join Google's arguments in the 9th Circuit.
Garcia's lawyer opposes Google's bid for a stay.
Howard Mintz covers legal affairs. Contact him at 408-286-0236 or follow him at Twitter.com/hmintz


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There's new information about a recent foodborne illness outbreak in West Alabama. John Stamps is one of several attorneys handling the cases of people who became sick after eating at a funeral repast last month in York.
"Right now there have been some hints that this might have been the fault of the church in general. There's no evidence of that at all," says Stamps. "There's no evidence that the church was at fault and that's part of the investigation that we're still waiting on."
Preliminary numbers were that between 70 to 100 people were hospitalized in 9 states after the service. According to the Alabama Department of Health, tests revealed that food served after the funeral was tainted by salmonella.
"Right now the Centers for Disease Control is still investigating the matter," says Stamps. "The investigation by the Alabama Department of Health is still ongoing. Before we make any moves we want to make sure that all of those investigations are completed. Plus, we're still investigating things on our end."
Four days after the service a funeral home attendant, who had worked the service, was found dead at his house.
"I think that in initial reports there might have been some thoughts that he passed from a heart attack, but we found out, and the cause of death is listed on his death certificate as food poisoning," says Stamps.
At this point, there's no time frame for when or if cases surrounding this outbreak could end up in court.
Aside from Alabama, some who attended that funeral were hospitalized in: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Oklahoma.


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Rivalry's Poor Returns
In most countries, ethnic diversity goes hand in hand with limited economic growth: diverse nations are, on average, poorer than their less diverse neighbors. Virtually all the evidence for this comes from studies of the public sector that look at local and national decision making, and they show that diverse groups have a hard time governing, from agreeing on policies to deciding how much to spend on public goods such as schools and roads.
Economists understand far less about the effect of diverse groups on productivity in the private sector, a key element of nations' overall economic status. Professor Jonas Hjort wanted to know: is there a different, more direct effect of ethnic diversity on individuals' income? Are diverse teams more or less productive than homogeneous teams? His new research, which studies production and human resources data from a large Kenyan flower farm, shows how productivity in the private sector can vary depending on relationships between ethnic groups.
On the farm, workers rotate through different teams. For each three-person team in a packing hall, one upstream worker distributes flowers downstream to a two-person team, who arrange flowers into bunches. Hjort has daily production data from the farm for over two years, including team members and which of two ethnic groups they belonged to. Hjort could see when each worker was on a mixed team or a homogeneous team; by comparing the average productivity of the homogeneous and mixed teams at different points in time he was able to document how ethnic divisions affected productivity.
Horizontally mixed teams — in which the supplier was of a different ethnicity than one of the assemblers — were 5 percent less productive than homogenous teams, while vertically mixed groups — teams in which the supplier was a different ethnicity than both assemblers — were 8 percent less productive than homogeneous teams. (So, teams in which all members belonged to the same ethnic group were the most productive.)
In short, the suppliers were undersupplying members of the rival ethnic group on the production teams by distributing more flowers to teams made up of their same tribe. This lowered their own productivity as well as pay, but the upstream workers were willing to accept lower pay themselves in order to lower the pay of team members of rival ethnic groups.
In late 2007, ethnic tensions flared up in Kenya in response to controversial national election results that pitted candidates from the two ethnic groups against each other. On the farm, the output gap between homogeneous and diverse teams almost doubled during the initial post-election conflict. Hjort attributes this to an increase in discrimination fueled by the political controversy, which split along ethnic lines. "This demonstrates that the economic costs of ethnic diversity vary with the political environment, and conflict periods have real costs," he says.
When the farm owner shifted from individual to team pay for assemblers six weeks into the conflict period, productivity increased for horizontally mixed teams, so much so that while production fell modestly in homogeneous teams and teams where the supplier was of a different ethnicity than both assemblers, overall productivity still edged up. "It's not clear if the plant owners were aware of the effect of ethnicity on teams before the election conflict," Hjort says. "But they clearly reacted to decreasing productivity during the conflict by changing the incentives of upstream workers: when the firm started basing pay on team output, there was no longer any reason for the supplier to misallocate flowers in mixed assembly teams, since both would get paid the same." But although the firm responded to the productivity problem spurred by the election crisis, it could not eliminate it, and Hjort found evidence that discrimination was affecting productivity long after the initial election conflict died down.
Diverse groups need not doom an industry or a nation — the flower industry in Kenya has been successful for several decades in spite of ethnic strife in its ranks — but this research shows how they can dampen productivity. Interacting economically with individuals of other ethnic backgrounds is hard to avoid when urbanization and economic modernization bring larger groups of workers together. Firms would do well to anticipate ways in which they can help diverse workforces reduce or eliminate conflict.
Hjort emphasizes that these results are not definitive: ethnic diversity may not always inhibit productivity. Other research has shown that diversity is often quite good for productivity: Professor Katherine Phillips has shown that diverse teams are better at solving problems than homogeneous teams, at least in the United States.
Hjort speculates that one reason for the findings in the current study is that he looks at a simple production process where there's little place for the potentially positive effects of diversity to surface. "If you're trying to solve a complicated problem, it may be better to have people of different backgrounds," he says. "As a starting point, we should expect the effects of ethnic diversity to depend on many circumstances."
Jonas Hjort is assistant professor of finance and economics at Columbia Business School.
This paper won the 2013 CESifo Prize for Best Paper in Applied Microeconomics.
Jonas Hjort
Professor Hjort joined Columbia Business School in 2012. Before coming to Columbia, Professor Hjort received a BSc Economics from the London School of Economics, an MA International & Development Economics from Yale and a Ph.D. Economics from UC Berkeley. His research spans issues in development, labor and behavioral economics, with a particular focus on topics in their intersection. In recent work Professor Hjort has analyzed, for...
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REST IN PEACE to the Brown Corduroy Pants 10/28/02
They have seen 4 tours.
They saw ALL of North America, Sweden, Iceland, UK, Hawaii and Australia.
They were searched so many times that the airport security has a profile on them.
They withstood Minneapolis winters and Arizona deserts.
People kept telling me to get a new pair of pants, as if these pants were easy to replace.
Told me to get rid of them, as if they were disposable.
About a year ago they faced a damaging blow to the back of the right leg. A rip. A tear. A wound that was mended by 50 safety pins. A scar that bled personality. It became an endearing quality and after a while I forgot what life was like without random safety pins sticking into my calf. It was the good kind of pain. Like picking scabs out of your nose. But this kind of RIP we're talking about now can't be taped shut. A hole in the crotch and several up and coming leg windows made it obvious to me...it's time.
I always wondered how great they would have gotten along with Black Sweatshirt. If my heart pumps any bit of truth, I know they would have been the perfect marriage of top and bottom. In my moment of disbelief and sorrow, I am saved only by the idea that Black Sweatshirt is waiting for Brown Corduroy Pants in the afterworld.
This is not a mourning of their death...but a celebration of their life.
You'll see me wearing new clothes, but that doesn't change how naked I'll be until death sends me into heaven's dressing room.
Mon Oct 28, 2002 10:15 pm
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haha...funny shit...reminds me of my never worn-out classic nylon reeboks
Mon Oct 28, 2002 10:30 pm
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a tear for the ghetto
and you were just talking about how great they were at swarthmore
poor francy pants
Mon Oct 28, 2002 10:46 pm
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I've recently considered retiring my pants too. I think I might send them out with a bang by wearing them to GWAR on Thursday because they'll never make it out alive, but at least they'll go out in style, blood and jizz.
Mon Oct 28, 2002 10:50 pm
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brown pants and a black sweatshirt? that sounds fashionable heh.
Mon Oct 28, 2002 11:16 pm
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Everytime I go home and my mom sees a pair of pants with holes in them, she steals them away and says I shouldn't be wearing pants with holes in them...it makes me very sad. So many good pairs of pants with so many memories...I mean it's a mother being a mother I suppose. But still.
the umbilical cord is dragging me behind a broken down station wagon, and all I wanted was control over my pants.
Peace be with you Sage. I aspire to one day have pants that I can retire.
Tue Oct 29, 2002 12:34 am
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sell your pants on ebay!!!!!
i have a friend who wants to sell his girlfriends dirty thongs on ebay, you might as well sell your autographed brown cord pants with some pics of youwearing it. i am sure some kids will buy 'em.
Tue Oct 29, 2002 12:42 am
Sage Francis
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trust me. I am saving the pants. They will be worth a pretty penny when I'm through with this world.
Tue Oct 29, 2002 12:59 am
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Put your pants to rest on the same day i was born, haha.
Tue Oct 29, 2002 1:06 am
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Location: asheville, NC and NYC
as crazy as this sounds...
i have this REALLY clear image of you with these pants on...
and for some STRANGE reason...i totally feel them being gone.
i really don't know why.
but i really do.
Tue Oct 29, 2002 1:10 am
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'cause they're gone, they're gone, ohhh-iiiii beettta learn how to face it....
love that song :)
Tue Oct 29, 2002 1:27 am
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the "pants."
i have a pair that i am "emotionally attached" to as well.
mine are retired and rest in peace in my closet.
oh the pain...
Tue Oct 29, 2002 2:44 am
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mmmmmmmmmmm.........crotchless pants
Wed Oct 30, 2002 12:18 pm
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Location: Minneapolis
put em up on ebay... "sage francis's torn used up pants"
i bet theyd get a few hundred bucks. haha
Wed Oct 30, 2002 1:17 pm
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Location: Iowa
A neat trick I learned when your pant leg gets a tear in it. You take a shoe string, and make small holes and just lace up your pants like it was a shoe. It works better than safety pins. Of course you could just find someone to sew it up for you, but then you wouldn't' be half the dunny thug you are. Also to the person that knows someone who wants to sell their dirty thongs on EBay, it's illegal to send that stuff through the mail.
Wed Oct 30, 2002 1:28 pm
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Fishman gets the call early on as IDK opens the show with a vacuum solo. La Grange was a pretty standard cover to get warmed up to, but the ending suffered a bit. YEM was really nice and solid with a great delay unit laden vocal jam at the end. Mike still had his bass effects on at the beginning of a good Oh Kee Pa, which came to a complete stop before an ok Dinner and a Movie. Gin had some timing issues tonight where everyone was not quite locking in with the drums in my opinion. The new My Sweet One was pretty good tonight. Hood also showed some timing issues and maybe it was just a little rusty, but good overall. The trend of ending sets with covers continues with a rocking GTBT to close the first set.
Alumni > LTJP opens the second set, and its pretty good, not great though. Rocky Top gets dedicated to Pages sister, but also sounded just ok to me. Divided Sky also seemed to have some timing issues with the drums, but was ok overall. Walk Away was good, but also a little rusty and then Trey broke a string. So Fishman announces their upcoming New Years show while Trey tunes up for a pretty good version of Lizards considering the new string. Mikes groove was tight, although Hydrogen showed the need to keep tuning that new string on the guitar. Weekapaug rocked as usual, then Fishman gets the call again and comes out front to do Brain with another vacuum solo. At least he remembered most of the lyrics to this one! Closing with another cover song, Highway to Hell was rocking.
The brand new Lawn Boy gets the nod tonight for the first encore, and then Possum is a great rocking way to send everybody home on a high note. Live long and prosper was the mantra for the night.
Solid show tonight, though nothing stands out too much for me. Maybe the YEM jam and the second Lawn Boy?


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Men's Shirt Pattern & Britex Fabrics' Shirting = Springtime!
Vogue has just issued a new men's shirt pattern (V8889, available at Britex Fabrics); with a hidden front button placket, optional shoulder pleats, and fitting seams fore and aft, which promises to add a little spring into any gent's steps. Sew this with one of Britex Fabrics' fine shirtings, and swagger into warm weather! As Nanki-Poo from The Mikado sings, "The flowers that bloom in the spring, Tra la, Breathe promise of merry sunshine."


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First Commercial Wind Power Plant Slated for Arizona
March 3, 2004
APS, Arizona's largest electric utility, announced on February 25th that it will partner with Western Wind Energy Corporation, a Canadian company, to build the state's first commercial wind power plant. The Eastern Arizona Wind Energy Center will be located near the New Mexico border in east-central Arizona, about 5 miles east of St. Johns. The wind energy facility will consist of ten 1.5-megawatt wind turbines for a total generating capacity of 15 megawatts. APS expects construction to begin in September, and the plant should begin producing power before year-end.
APS is pursuing wind power in part to meet the requirements of the state's Environmental Portfolio Standard, which requires utilities to generate 1.1 percent of their power from renewable energy sources by 2007. In early February, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) completed a review of the standard and voted to continue with that plan. To meet that goal, APS also fired up a 3-megawatt biomass power plant in Eager, Arizona, on February 17th. See the press releases from APS and the ACC.
APS' new wind and biomass energy power plants will soon be entered in a new database of renewable energy generators in the West, thanks to the combined efforts of the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the Western Governors' Association (WGA). The Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS) will cover all of the "Western interconnection" electrical grid, which includes 11 Western states, two Canadian provinces, and northern Baja California. WGA and the CEC expect the system to be operating by 2005 and plan to use it to help implement and verify renewable energy requirements throughout the West. See the WREGIS Web site and the WGA press release (PDF 41 KB). Download Acrobat Reader.


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Manchin reiterates gun support
March 6, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. senator from West Virginia wants to reassure people he is not trying to take their guns away. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va....
That's what I thought
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Prove it!
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That's what I thought
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If you did, then share it with us.
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I wonder who wrote this, {Denver did ever occur to you that some folks have original thoughts?} And why?
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I think I might have upset old "coolbeans" shes morphing into "AnythingForYourVote"
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See what I mean? "neocurmudgeon74"
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"neocurmudgeon74" The Democrats gun control bill "SocialismIsHere" is talking about, doesn't exist. "SocialismIsHere" and "coolbeans" wouldn't know the truth if smack them in the face!!!! Have you ever had "coolbeans" offer any proof of what she says
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I've quit searching Sen. Manchin's webpage for now, I'll just have to wait until the bill is introduced.
However, I can't believe that it'll be written so that a patient's right to possess firearms will be suspended in every case when someone enters treatment, or can't be restored when appropriate -- as "SocialismIsHere" implies.
Even a temporary suspension can be inconvenient, but I expect some sort of reasonable balance.
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On second thought, maybe the bill in question hasn't been introduced yet.
(There are 84 "gun" bills, for anyone interested in reading them.)
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Some of us here do have original thoughts. Denver's question is about what's in the bill. I really don't have time to look it up, but I think I'll do that b/c I was thinking that banning firearm possession by anyone who has ever sought mental health counseling is counterproductive. The Senate has a website, it's a dot gov, so go there yourself & maybe you can find the bill before I can.
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SocialismIsHere" what website did you get that information from?
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Criminals will always have guns. This will only make it tougher for law abiding citizens to own guns. I love how they hide things in legislation and we all end up paying for it just like the Obamacare that catered to the drug and insurance companies while increasing our rates and making it tougher for small businesses to survive. Wake up people and see what our government is doing to us. Turn off the tv and think for yourself.
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Manchin supports the Democrats gun control bill which in effect will not allow anyone who has been to a doctor, psychologist, psychiatrist, etc for anything related to mental health to own a firearm. Any Veteran who has received help dealing with PTSD from fighting in wars will not be allowed to own firearms. It wouldn't seem fair when they fight for our country but yet are not allowed to own gun upon return to our country if the legislation the dems are offering is passed. Manchin is a worm and is trying to bs his way with the people of West Virginia while supporting Obama's gun control agenda. Joe you are a turncoat.
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A bold and ambitious project begun by Benjamin Moore Paints in September has been completed in time for the holidays. The company's Color Care Across America gave 51 emergency shelters—one in each state, plus one in Washington, DC—uplifting color paint makeovers. A partnership with the United States Conference of Mayors yielded the shelters deemed in need of the color redos. The paint manufacturer's other collaborator in this project was the Painting & Decorating Contractors of America (PDCA), which rallied many of its members nationwide to volunteer for the cause.
From Portland, OR to Portland, ME, and from Honolulu to Anchorage, Color Care reached a range of shelters—some serving homeless men or women only; some women and families seeking aid from domestic violence. There were shelters that offer drug rehabilitation, others dedicated to adults with developmental disabilities, those for recent refugees from war–torn countries, and even one that provided sanctuary from child trafficking. Mayors of nearly every city on the Color Care "to do" list took time out of their schedules and appeared at the shelters to express thanks to the volunteer paint crews and meet with the shelter directors and their management. They witnessed first–hand how paint color almost magically and instantly brightens and revitalizes a facility. Several of the mayors rolled up their shirtsleeves to roll on some paint, as well.
"A poignant, inspiring and compelling story emerged from each city we visited," said Eileen McComb, director of corporate communications for Benjamin Moore, and the key engineer of Color Care.
In explaining her company's decision to undertake the initiative, McComb said, "Many hard–working families are experiencing the loss of their homes, and finding that the American dream of home ownership is fading. They are among the growing ranks winding up in shelters. It's demoralizing, and in some cases, a de–humanizing condition that can break the spirit of any family. Obviously, there's no simple solution to this troubling occurrence, but Color Care at least helped bring attention to the issue while helping to improve the living environments for those who seek this basic human need of having a roof over their heads."
Color Care entailed a promise to paint up to 10,000 square feet of each shelter's interior. All told, approximately 3,000 gallons of paint were contributed, including leaving behind a few extra gallons with brushes and rollers, in case residents, staff or volunteers became inspired to spruce up other areas of the house that remained in need of a coating.
Helping to ensure that the color options for these community residences added an upbeat mood while respecting local and regional tastes, the editors of House Beautiful magazine worked with Benjamin Moore's senior interior designer, Sonu Mathew, in putting together seven suggested palettes that each shelter was able to choose from.
"There were no cookie–cutter looks," said McComb, "and no standard institutional hues. This was meant to be an empowering opportunity for the shelters to select colors that are livable and likable."
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"The word 'amazing' keeps popping up in comments from everyone who learns about the project," said McComb. "Amazing is only the half of it."
About Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore & Co., a Berkshire Hathaway company, was founded in 1883. One of the country's leading manufacturers of premium quality residential, commercial and industrial maintenance paints and other coatings, its products are distributed via a network of independent paint and decorating retailers throughout North America. Benjamin Moore has been a longstanding steward of the environment with a relentless commitment to sustainable manufacturing practices plus the ongoing development of the most eco–responsible paint formulations possible. Its portfolio of Green Promise® products continues to grow and includes Aura®, its über–performance low–VOC paint; Natura®, the true zero–VOC interior paint, remaining zero after tinting in any color, any sheen; and EcoSpec® WB zero–VOC paint for commercial interiors. The J.D. Power & Associates 2011 Interior Paint Satisfaction Study ranked Benjamin Moore highest in consumer satisfaction. What's more, the Benjamin Moore color offering of 3,300 hues is unrivaled, but any custom color choice can be matched, as was recently done for the White House Oval Office ceiling and trims. The only assurance of getting an authentic Benjamin Moore color is using Benjamin Moore paint, since the colorants and resins are proprietary and formulated with the company's own patented waterborne technologies. And, authentic Benjamin Moore colors are available exclusively from Benjamin Moore retailers.
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Founded in 1884, the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America is the premier trade association of professional wall coating contractors. Among the most prominent objectives of the PDCA are the enhancement and further development of the profession and industry. The PDCA represents the interests of more than 15,000 painters and business owners from more than 2,000 painting and decorating firms. Visit www.pdca.org for more information.
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The Donator wrote:They putted at each others bodies lol. There is video of it for Corey to see if need be.
So does that mean Khristian would have had to do this as well?
So the basket was taken after the tournament Saturday night and before 10:00 the next morning? That is bogus


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A little update.
I have been working on this for a co-worker.
I been successful in getting The TV to get recognize the server and browse the folders with no issue.
Play back with MKV that has DTS as the audio is still an issue.
Once I get that to work i will post a config file here for testing.


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Please find below a selection of self-catering holiday cottages to rent in Angus, Scotland.
Blend a natural Highland backdrop and dramatic coastal scenery with picturesque villages and the cosmopolitan city of Dundee. Add culture, tradition and a selection of world-class leisure facilities. And there you have it - the perfect ingredients for an Angus cottage holiday.
Let's start with the Angus Glens, an area of mesmerising mountains east of the Cairngorm National Park, crisscrossed by tiny, twisting roads and footpaths, just begging to be explored by wheels or hiking boot. Amid this atmospheric natural setting expect all kinds of outdoor activities - clay pigeon shooting, paintballing, riding, fishing, cycling.
The Angus Coastline is equally beautiful, with pristine beaches and rocky outcrops - great for fun-filled family jaunts or exhilarating rambles along the shore. Competing with Gleneagles and St Andrews, ten outstanding golf courses hug this stretch of coastline, including the championship fairways of Carnoustie.
For a complete change of pace, the vibrant city of Dundee hits the spot. Phenomenal shopping, plus a buzzing arts and cultural scene - don't miss a photo opportunity next to Desperate Dan!
Historians will be spoilt for choice during their Angus cottage holiday. Unravel the mysteries of Scotland's ancient tribe, the Picts, at the Pictavia Visitor Centre; tour the late Queen Mum's ancestral home, Glamis Castle; or discover Captain Scott's Antarctic adventures aboard RRS Discovery.
Round off your stay with a traditional 'Smokie' (smoked haddock) lunch in the pretty coastal town of Arbroath.
And that's just a taste of what an Angus cottage holiday can offer!


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On a whole, Newsies is pretty homoerotic. But Newsies set to Lady Gaga? Maybe a bit strange at first...but then you realize it's kind of perfect. Watch as Christian Bale and company dance their way into mashup history.
It's a crying shame none of them were available to guest star in Alejandro.


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It was only fitting that the last dance for Virg Bernero and Rick Snyder came in a ballroom. The two separately addressed a dinner held for the American Arab Chamber of Commerce in Dearborn. It's the last event that both Bernero and Snyder are scheduled to speak at before Nov. 2nd.
In their speeches, Bernero and Snyder mostly stuck to trail well walked, emphasizing jobs, Michigan's economy and little else.
Snyder didn't mention his opponent's name once during his speech and stuck to discussing Michigan's future and his "Ten Point plan". Bernero was on the offensive, accusing Snyder of abandoning the manufacturing industry and not having a specific enough plan to revitalize the state's economy.
The candidates did not share the room as originally scheduled. Bernero was more than an hour late, arriving well after Snyder left. Event organizers say Bernero was tardy because he was preparing with former President Bill Clinton's staff for a joint campaign event Sunday.
The speeches Friday came on the same day campaign finance reports were submitted to the Michigan Secretary of State's office. That report shows Bernero with $165,000 remaining in his war chest, compared to more than $2 million in Snyder's.
Although Bernero is down in the polls, short on time and short on money, he is still confident that he can become Michigan's next governor.
"The pollsters, the pundits and the media folks would like to decide the election, but see you guys get only one vote," Bernero told WILX. "The vote that really counts is the vote of the people and they weigh in on election day."


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believe it or not, in the Medieval ages when there was no Charmin, people would use a wooden stick to scrape away the feces after taking a dump. The stick would commonly be shared among people of the same household, or even the entire village.
the term "wrong end of the shit stick" was coined because if you were to take a dump at night, and needed to grab the "stick", you had a chance of grabbing the wrong end of it.
the term "wrong end of the shit stick" was coined because if you were to take a dump at night, and needed to grab the "stick", you had a chance of grabbing the wrong end of it.
Jeb quickly reached over for the shit stick, but just realized he grabbed the wrong end of it; his hands now hwere sticky and foul.
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Comes from the spanish word "caga palo". Means a person who messes around to much. A fuck-up
That guy is a real big shitstick!
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A cheap cigar; typically one that can be bought at a gas station or discount tobacco shop.
"Don't waste your time smoking that shit stick! If you're gonna have a cigar, buy a good one."
by grouchodude July 04, 2006
A useless person. One who is unable to do anything that requires initiative, patience or determination, other then complaining.
I asked if it was ok to leave my bag there but some shit stick came along and said it was against health and safety rules.
by Kimbaliod December 01, 2009
The sex organ of a homosexual.
When the bot boy pulled out he looked down and noticed his shit stick.
by zygmund July 27, 2003
The device used to break a giant piece of shit into smaller pieces so it becomes flushable, usually a coathanger or wooden stick.
Quick! We'd better get the shitstick this one looks like its not going to go down on its own.
by Dan VK December 12, 2003
Toilet plunger.
Whey you lay down a coil the size of Texas and it won't go down, use the shit stick.
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|2012 Inductee (Softball 2002-05)
Sarah Pauly arrived on the campus of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in the fall of 2001 after an outstanding high school career at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Ariz. Pauly led the Islanders to an unprecedented three straight NCAA Tournament appearances (2003-2005). She was recognized as Big South Pitcher of the Year and Big South Tournament Most Valuable Player, while earning All-Conference First Team honors all three seasons. Additionally, she earned All-America recognition her senior year.
Pauly holds numerous Islanders records which may never be broken, including both single-season and career appearances, complete games, shutouts, ERA and innings pitched. Additionally, she holds records for single-season wins with 37 in 2005 as well as career wins with 112. In 2005, Pauly struck out 497 batters (288 innings pitched) and had an incredible total of 1,636 career strikeouts. Perhaps her most dominant performance in the circle was vs. Liberty on March 21, 2004, when she struck out 19 of a possible 21 batters. During her career as an Islander, she averaged 1.5 strikeouts per inning.
After receiving her bachelor's degree in psychology from the Island University in 2005, she joined the Connecticut Brakettes of the Women's Major Open league. The Brakettes joined the National Professional Fast Pitch league (NPF) in 2006 and she earned NPF Pitcher of the Year and NPF Most Valuable Pitcher honors.
Pauly joined the Washington Glory for the 2007 season and led the Glory to a World Championship. The 2008 Glory team finished the season as the runner-up. In 2009, the USSSA Pride was established, bringing together a team of All-Americans. Pauly was a member of the inaugural Pride team, which captured the NPF World Championship in 2010.
After multiple NPF seasons, Pauly realized a life-long dream as yet another door opened in 2011 when she was recruited to join Team Honda in Tochiji-Moka-Chi, Japan. Pauly recently accepted the position as pitching coach here at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and is working to help the team to yet another conference championship.


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The Rise of Information and the Risk to Brands
By Clint Chadwick-Oracle on Feb 06, 2013
Clinton Chadwick - Principal PLM Consultant – Oracle
Information Overload and Brands
A world of ever more empowered consumers means brands are simultaneously becoming more important and open to more risk. Consumers are suffering from information overload. A simple consumer question like "what is the best laptop to buy?" or "is grape juice safe for my child to drink" instantly becomes a discussion inexorably linked to brands.
When consumers try and find answers to these questions are swimming in a sea of information. Brand names are key landmarks in navigating this sea. While the details of what consumer may read on the websites, blogs and social network posts they find will fade, what remains is brands – "Brand X makes great laptops", "Brand Y juice is safe for my child".
Furthermore when researching products, brands are an extremely import keywords for internet searches. Without brand names, the amount of results and the ratio of useful information to noise is vanishly small.
The Risk to Brands
This unprecedented access to information greatly empowers consumers. This includes both positive information about brands and, more importantly, negative. Consumers are more likely to share their bad experiences than their positive ones so companies have come to expect many more complaints than complements.
Previously, it took a major product problem with significant impacts before the issue would come into the media spotlight. Even then, the coverage was often limited to a particular region or geographic area.
Now, it only takes a few negative consumer experiences to damage a brand. Design or quality problems that would never be large enough to gain traditional media attention are now quickly publicized by unhappy consumers via websites, chat forums and increasingly – social media.
This grassroots publicity begins impacting potential customers immediately. Consumers now often begin their purchasing process with internet research. These consumers will be impacted by the reports to unhappy customers – even if those customers' experiences were with vastly different products.
This reality greatly amplifies the negative consequences of even the smallest design or quality problem.
How can this be prevented?
Mitigating Brand Risk
The risk comes from design and quality problems that produce a sufficient quantity of unhappy consumers that they produce an online record of the product problems for future potential customers to find.
Is it possible to prevent unhappy customers entirely? No, there will always be unhappy customers for a variety of reasons. However, savvy consumers know this already. If they see isolated bad experiences they will naturally filter these out and ignore them. It is only when many consumers confirm the same problem that potential customers sit up and take notice!
Avoiding serious design and quality problems is a matter rigorous and consistent innovation processes that include numerous checks and controls.
The innovation process is a particularly complex one as it involves virtually every part of the enterprise from marketing to R&D to procurement. However, innovation is inherently a creative process in which individuals need freedom and flexibility.
Solving the Problem with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Combining the rigor and consistency with complexity and flexibility is very challenging to do manually either on paper or with Office type computer applications. Enterprise PLM applications like Oracle Agile PLM enables a consistent, auditable innovation process which still allows for creative freedom for small, mid and large organizations.
Product Lifecycle Management mitigates the problem of brand risk in a few way:
- Product Data Management. Having a single version of the truth is the best way to make sure that teams are all speaking the same product "language". Miscommunication due to individuals or teams looking at wrong or outdated product information is source of significant potential errors.
- Project Management. One of the largest problems with innovation project is skipping steps. It is natural for a busy team to decide to skip a step and sometimes this is an appropriate decision, but often it can open the door to significant risk. Projects with PLM can still be flexible, but when a decision to accelerate a project by skipping steps (this is often a valid course of action) are made there is a record of when, who when and why.
- Approval Workflows. Making sure the appropriate checks are made is critical and automating the process is a great way to enforce these important steps.
- Automated Compliance. Compliance takes many forms depending on the industry one is working in. Some PLM solutions include automated compliance determination which can perform automatic checks on your product data to determine if the product is compliance with regulations like RoHS, REACH and even FDA regulations. With complex products, it is conceivable to miss a single non-compliant part or material with potentially disastrous implications. Automating this process is the best way to avoid this risk.


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Environmental enrichment is just as important for domestic animals as for exotics. Farm animals too must have the opportunity to express species-typical behaviors and receive social stimulation. At the hands-on Kids' Farm, where you can groom a miniature donkey or scratch a Holstein's head, the public serves as living enrichment for the animals. Keepers also provide toys and training to socialize and stimulate the farm animals.
The Kids' Farm's resident bovines have free access to outdoor yards and friendly pats from Zoo visitors. When the cows need a satisfying back scratch, they rub up against a groomer (it looks like the head of a push broom), which keepers have affixed to the outer wall of their shed. The cows also entertain themselves with a hanging Jolly Ball®, which they bat around with their noses.
Thanks to their rugged, sure-footed ancestors, goats are agile climbers and balance well on their rear legs. Keepers place tall, inverted buckets throughout the Caring Corral to encourage climbing. It is common to see goats perched on top of them like kings of the mountain.
Miniature donkeys are also given buckets and hard plastic Boomer Balls®, which they kick around their yard or carry around in their mouths. Keepers may tie pieces of carrot or apple to sticks placed around the yard to increase natural foraging and exploration. Finally, visitors can groom goats and donkeys in the Caring Corral.


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The bracelet, handmade in Italy, has twenty-three citrines (31.95 cts) and diamonds (.97 tcw) in 18k yellow gold and is exclusively at Scully & Scully. 7 3⁄8"l x ¼"x ¼"d (out from wrist).
Item #: DMN125-DI
Catalog HotKey: L1058
Blue doves with gold flecks and stripes are handmade, mouth-blown glass from the Venetian island of Murano. Artisans create these famed Murano glass sculptures by firing their unique glass mixture in a special furnace and adding different minerals to provide the color.
Made from fine quality 18k white gold, these shark cufflinks are a fierce addition to your collection. With a moving jaw and popping diamond eyes weighing a total of 0.5 cts., these quirky cufflinks are unique and great for the man who has everything.
Stunning square tray-style tables (tray is fixed) are hand-stenciled, then handpainted in America in a floral Chinoiserie design with gold accents on either black or red. Bamboo-style legs are tapered have decorative fretwork.
Measures 31 ¼" square x 19" h.
This attractive lamp feels like spring with its vibrant poppies on sky blue background. Handmade and handpainted in Italy. Comes with white linen shade and black rosewood stand.
Measures 30 ½" h x 8 ½" w. 18" w at base of shade.
Blue Shòu features design elements adapted from Mottahedeh's iconic and historic Blue Canton pattern and applied to newer contemporary shapes that echo the lines of the earlier pattern. The word Shòu (pronounced "show") is the Chinese word for long life. The evergreen tree appears as the key design element throughout, symbolizing longevity and endurance. The design uses classic cobalt on bright white high fire porcelain. Blue Shòu is dishwasher safe and microwave safe.
A Scully & Scully gift certificate can be used toward any merchandise in the store or online. Gift certificates are mailed in lovely gift wrapped boxes and they never expire.


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irban wrote:Regarding jump putts and stance:
A few weeks ago I heard a relatively experienced golfer explain the advantage to a jump putt as being able to release the disc in the air, as you're moving forward. They said they were told this by an even more experienced golfer.
MDR_3000 wrote:the only informative one was Ron Russell.
But, I wouldn't worry about the 60-100ft putt until you can make 15-20 footers 90% of the time. That is where you will drop strokes off your score, not banging huge putts.
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Wilbur K. Zaugg, 86, of Ottawa, Kansas, formerly of Boonville, passed away at Richmond Medical Care Center in Richmond , Kansas June 7, 2012 .
Memorial services will be held at St. John's United Church of Christ in Billingsville at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, June 11th with Pastor Christine Isham-Walsh officiating. Inurnment will follow in the church cemetery.
Wilbur Kenneth Zaugg was born in Jamestown, MO , Feb. 4, 1926 , the son of John Zaugg and Alma Sperber Zaugg. Wilbur served his country during WW II with the U.S. Army. He married Leona Marie Thompson March 19th, 1949 in Jamestown and they were blessed with three children; Kenneth Zaugg and his wife, Sue of Ibera, MO, Danny Zaugg and his wife, Claudine, of Warsaw Mo and his daughter Juanita Brecht and her husband, Kenneth of Ottawa, KS. He was a farmer most of his life in the Boonville area.
He is survived by his wife, Marie, of the home, his children, as well as eight grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials be directed to St. John's UCC in care of Davis Funeral Home.
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Saturday, August 4, 2012
North Augusta, SC -- A couple years ago, Fox Creek was the new team on the block, trying to prove it belonged on the football field.
Then, Marty Williams stepped under center. The last two seasons, Williams led the Predators to new heights, but eventually every star must move on.
It's the first year after Marty, and the Predators are ready to continue their climb to the top of the region.
The cupboard certainly isn't bare. Trey Mock and Deondre Baskett got plenty of time on the offense, as did youngster Zabian Adams.
For Head Coach Russ Schneider and his team, Marty Williams won't be replaced by one guy, but the Predators have the parts to get it done anyway.
"It's the smartest group we've had," Schneider said. "These kids have had to sit for awhile, and we're losing Marty (Williams) and Quadre (Castleberry) and those guys. It's a whole new team. I wouldn't call it a rebuilding year, but there's a lot of guys out there in positions that they haven't played before."
Senior Blake Crawford added, "We don't have a lot of seniors, but people that are young are stepping up and filling in so we should be all right. We've been putting in a lot of hard work, and we're just hoping to repeat what we've done the last couple years."
As part of a big region, Fox Creek only has a couple non-region games this year. One of those should be a good one in Augusta, though, when the Predators travel to Augusta Christian.


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Every day, the Devils Lake Journal publishes a selection of stories both in print and on the web you can't find anywhere else.
Today, Monday, December 10, 2012, found only in print in the pages of the Devils Lake Journal will be Amish Cook column on page 3, Dodging the fiscal swindle page 4, Same sex couples start taking vows page 8 and Police report page 2.
Found only on the web will be two new videos - one from the live nativity event at the sales ring and another from the Devils Lake skating show at the Burdick Arena.
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As per the provisions under Section 80GG of the Income Tax Act, assessees are allowed a deduction in respect of the expenditure incurred towards payment of rent for the house premises, furnished or unfurnished, occupied by them, provided the residence is used only for their own use.
In order to avail this deduction , the assessee should be a self-employed person and/or a salaried employee. Further, he should not be in receipt of any house rent allowance at any time during the previous year. In case he receives any house rent allowance (HRA) during any part of the previous year, then the deduction under Section 80GG is not available to him. The assessee should file a declaration in Form 10BA regarding the expenditure incurred by him towards the payment of rent.


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To begin with... I have recently(within the past 2 weeks) started using PS3 Media Server and think it is much better than anything else out there. Big thanks to everyone involved.
Now down to the issue . I have my media accessed on my Linux system over an NFS share(100mbit LAN connection). I can play everything just fine (mkv 1080p) but I have random issues with flac files. I have recently started playing my flac files and when I select a song to play on the PS3 sometimes it comes up with the unsupported data error on the PS3. This also happens sometimes when the next song starts playing. If I keep trying to play the same song on the PS3 it will eventually play after about 2 or 10 seconds. I don't see any errors on the trace log. It just seems to indicate that it only transcodes it once so I am thinking it is a timing issue. As an example the first 4 songs below played just fine but the possibly maybe flac gave me the error on the PS3 and then played the next time I tried 3 seconds later. I did not let the songs play out before selecting a new one but it happens regardless of that.
[Thread-12] TRACE 01:57:11.468 Sending ALIVE...
[Thread-451] TRACE 01:57:27.658 Starting transcode/remux of bjork-post-10-cover_me.flac
[Thread-475] TRACE 01:57:43.748 Starting transcode/remux of bjork-post-04-its_oh_so_quiet.flac
[Thread-498] TRACE 01:59:11.649 Starting transcode/remux of bjork-post-05-enjoy.flac
[Thread-521] TRACE 01:59:31.602 Starting transcode/remux of bjork-post-06-youve_been_flirting_again.flac
[Thread-559] TRACE 02:00:03.981 Starting transcode/remux of bjork-post-08-possibly_maybe.flac
[Thread-12] TRACE 02:00:16.027 Sending ALIVE...
It seems like the most logical thing that could be occurring is that the media server is not waiting enough time to start playback under some conditions so waiting a little longer means the file contains enough data so that the PS3 doesn't give the unsupported data error.
Fedora Core 10
PS3 Media Server 1.10.5
mplayer 1.0-0.104.20090204svn (fedora 10 rpmforge repository)
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Children are exceptionally good at motivating us to be better people. They're like little sponges, and if the message they are soaking up is simple and intuitive, they'll hold onto it forever.
That's the idea behind getting children involved with the Summit Reads program, which this year is focusing on the water crisis in our country. Once a child has learned about water conservation, he or she is a tiny, hovering, constant reminder to turn off the faucet, dial back the lawn sprinklers or take shorter showers. After all, whether they fully grasp the concept or not, we are doing this for them, for their future.
To get kids involved, the Summit Reads steering committee created a poster contest that encourages kids to present their concerns about and solutions for our water problems in a visual format.
"I think that children are very aware of some of the issues that we are dealing with, with our ecology, and this gives them a creative outlet for expressing this," said Stephanie Katz, Summit Reads committee member. "Last year's submissions were very interesting; some had a lot of narrative and some didn't have any words."
Katz was reluctant to suggest specific topics for poster ideas, as she didn't want to stifle kids' creativity.
"Something to do with the water crisis," she said. "Either to show the damages that it's doing or solutions, or it could just be a pretty water picture, but it has to have something to do with water on our Earth."
Though sculpture is not allowed, entries can use multimedia or collage to create texture or stand off the page. The posters will be judged by representatives from Art on a Whim gallery in Breckenridge, and last year's prizes included art supplies and gift certificates, Katz said. Winning posters will be displayed at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge.
Katz said children are welcome to browse the Summit Reads bibliography for books to learn more about the topic of water, and older students can even tackle the main program selection, "Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis," by Cynthia Barnett.
"Some of our 11th and 12th graders would be capable of reading it," Katz said of "Blue Revolution." "It's geared for an adult audience, but there's nothing in it objectionable for high schoolers to read by any means."
Katz recommended "Rough Waters," by S. L. Rottman, for young adult readers.
"It's actually written by a Coloradan about Colorado rivers," she said. "All of the river descriptions take place in Brown's Canyon, and the descriptions of it are wonderful in the book.
"'Downriver' and 'River Thunder' have to deal with the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Those are clearly teen books because they have a little bit of interaction between boys and girls, although nothing graphic."
"Wicked and Wonderful Water," by Judy Kentor Schmauss, is a great book for third- and fourth-graders, Katz said. She said that same age range might also enjoy "A Drop of Water," by Walter Wick.
"He's been around a long time and done a lot of books," Katz said. "It's not illustrated; it's got photographs, which are pretty dramatic looking."
For picture book "readers" and listeners, Katz suggested "The Snowflake," by Neil Waldman.
"The Snowflake is absolutely beautiful," she said. "The illustrations are gorgeous; the snowflake turns into a drop of water and goes through the entire year as it runs down the mountain into the summertime. That one is particularly pretty."


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The committee appointed to study and prepare revisions to the Wood County Texas Genealogical Society Constitution and Bylaws reported proposed revisions at the regular February meeting of the society in a presentation given by committee member Ronnie Vance. Notice was given at that time by presiding officer, Vice-president Dorothy Harbin, of intention to vote on the revisions at the regular March 2011 meeting. That announcement and this publication is the official notice to members. A copy of the revisions was distributed at the meeting. A copy is also posted at the member-only page which can be accessed from the link at the upper right portion of this page.
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