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The Pisgah Inn on the Blue Ridge Parkway complied with the National Park Service and closed at 6 p.m. Thursday.
"Due to the fact that a resolution to the shutdown becomes more of a distant promise every day, the Pisgah Inn, in cooperation with the National Park Service, has decided to cease operations at 6 p.m. this evening, " Inn officials said in a news release Thursday.
"We regret the inconvenience and disappointment of our guests but we hope for their understanding."
Bruce O'Connell, owner of the Pisgah Inn's operations on the Blue Ridge Parkway, had originally said he wouldn't shut down his hotel, restaurant and gift store, in order "to protect the health and safety of visitors to the area, as well as the park environment."
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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- From signs all over our area to billboards in Atlanta, "Save the A" has people talking. The group hopes lawmakers are listening.
More than 10,000 people have signed the petitions. They want Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal to convince the Board of Regents to reconsider the name Georgia Regents University.
Augusta business leader Nick Evans is heading up the movement.
"We've got businesses all over town, we've got locations passing out bumper stickers, we've got more yard signs coming, we have billboards," Evans said.
The campaign includes, "doctors, lawyers, dentists, businessmen, car dealers," Evans said.
They are all part of a last-ditch effort to keep Augusta in the name of the newly-consolidated university.
Restaurant owner Richard Goolsby is part of that movement.
"There's a little saying that sticks and stones can break your bones, but words do permanent damage. If the name is not important, why have they locked it?" Goolsby said.
When you go into Goolsby's restaurant in Evans and pass the smell of Southern cooking, you will notice more signs and a petition.
"We had 17 to 18 pages that were turned in Saturday night, and we've had a couple more Monday," Goolsby said.
Thousands upon thousands of students, alums or just supporters from across the state are asking for the governor to do something.
News 12's Sheli Muniz asked, "How effective do we think this campaign will be?"
Evans responded, "Well, we hope it'll be effective. I know this, the chances of something getting done is zero if we keep our mouths shut."
The campaign has really been picking up speed in the past week, just when we all thought the smoke had cleared.
"People have questioned that maybe it's time to move on, but the real answer to that is the court system may have the say so on when it's time to move on."
He says that because their saving grace is the lawsuit by Regent University in Virginia. It would take your tax dollars to fight it in court.
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Captain's Report by Dan Armitage
The 230 Wake model from Sea-Doo offers plenty of space for fellow watersports enthusiasts and two power options to fuel the fun.
The Mission
In a word, the mission of Sea-Doo engineers with the new 230 Wake for 2012 was to blow off the competition with meaningful, new features that would create bigger wake behind the boat and more excitement aboard her. With bigger wake comes more air, more thrills and chills, and a better show for the 12-person audience possible aboard the new design. Other new features are so cool it will be hard for buyers to resist.
The 230 Wake has a tow arch that is thrust far forward to give board performers a greater and more stable towing arch behind the boat where wake is best. The bow is sloped downward to help forward visibility when towing and the bow is up.
Distinctive Features
The Sea-Doo 230 Wake is powered by a pair of 1.5L Rotax 4-TEC engines. The standard supercharged package is estimated to generate 430-hp together, according to a Sea-Doo spokesman. The optional High-Output package has a different supercharger and a large, external innercooler, and according to Sea-Doo it produces 510-hp. That is a lot of horsepower in a 23' boat, particularly when it is turning crankshafts at up 8000 rpms directly connected to two water jet pumps with no reduction gear in between.
There is no doubt that the jet boats are hard to beat when it comes to hole shot, and the Sea-Doo spokesman claims the boat gets on plane in 3.1 seconds. We have not yet tested the 2012 230 Wake, so we can't verify that claim. If true, however, it means that novice wakeboarders will have an easier time of success on their first few times out on the water.
Wakeboarders can customize a consistent towing pace for each dude individually via the 230 Wake's iTC Ski mode setting.
Throttle Control
The 230 Wake model incorporates what Sea-Doo refers to as iTC (intelligent Throttle Control), an electronic throttle to control how power is delivered. In basic terms, the choices offered via the iTC include an ECO mode (short for "economy"). The ECO is a technology designed to calculate the boat's optimum fuel efficiency based on load, speed range and water conditions. Essentially it lets you dial in the "best cruise speed" for maximum range by putting the throttle to the stops.
Docking. Docking raises some anxiety in all boaters, and jet boats are no different, and maybe more so. Because they have no rudders and are steered strictly with the jet nozzles, smooth docking takes a careful hand. Sea-Doo's "Docking Mode" limits the engines' available power to a maximum of 3500 rpm over the full throw of the throttle lever. In this way the operator can make more precise adjustments and a heavy hand will not result in too much power and a boat out of control.
We like this feature because it makes the horsepower much more controllable, it will make every operator more proficient, and it is also safer. Moreover, this feature is valuable when the skipper is backing the tow vehicle down the launch ramp and someone who is unfamiliar with the boat -- such as junior, mom, or uncle Harry -- is in the boat guiding her onto the trailer.
The arch on the 230 Wake folds forward, and now has two more pod speakers for a total of four. It also has a light bar which is a cool thing to have at night.
Cruise control. "Ski Mode" allows the operator to program the throttle to control the power band across a range of five different ramp-up settings to get a consistent hole shot and towing speed. "Cruise Mode" allows the operator to use a toggle switch to control speed by 1 mph increments.
The rear-facing lounge seating allows the spotter to maintain a comfortable view aft – with additional warmth when needed from a cockpit heater.
A lift of the hinged base on the bow seats reveal handy storage areas. Note the snap-in sectional carpeting, cargo-netted open storage bin and courtesy light.
The integrated swim platform offers a skid-resistant surface and a telescoping, two-step boarding ladder. We'd prefer four steps, but would settle for three, which is pretty much standard.
The 230 Wake offers a total 77 cubic feet (2.18 m3) of storage space, including an under-sole locker, a storage compartment within the Sea-Doo's passenger console, beneath hinged bow cushions forward, and in several compartments aft.
The helm console features multi-gauges and toggle control switches that are handy to view and access adjacent to a new 7" LCD touch screen control panel.
LCD Touch Screen
The 230 Wake offers a brand-new LCD touchscreen control center that puts several of the boat's features and technologies at the operator's fingertips, including Cruise Control, Docking, ECO and Ski modes, stereo controls and fuel settings.
Chartplotter. Secondarily, this 7" touch screen also can be a chartplotter. With the standard gps the boat's track can be followed and duplicated. In unfamiliar waters this chartplotter should be a great guide to staying in deep water and avoiding all sorts of trouble. Even though the Sea-Doo 230 Wake only draws about 1' (.30 m), chartplotters are great things to have. Best of all, the system can accept the chips made by any of the major digital chart suppliers.
Digital readouts are large and easy-to-read at a glance. A digitally-encoded security system prevents unauthorized use via a microchip that is engaged in the ignition lanyard.
The new LCD touchscreen panel includes a navigation screen display to offer information on speed, coordinates, itineraries, travel time and even maps with optional chart software.
More cockpit space. Because the Sea-Doo 230 Wake is a jet-powered boat with direct drives its engines are low permitting more cockpit space. This is particularly important in the stern of the boat.
Several innovative "apps" offered by Sea-Doo can be controlled and monitored via the LCD touchscreen. Note the blue bars which indicate the boat's ballasted position in the port (90%), starboard (90%) and front (62%) tanks.
The 2012 model 230 Wake features three, hard-side ballast tanks that have been repositioned for better balance. When they are all full, 1,402 lbs. (637.2 kgs.) has been added to the boat -- that is 36% more additional weight in the boat, plus passengers.
Triple WakeBoost System
The 2012 230 Wake model includes Sea-Doo's new Triple WakeBoost System, a three-tank set-up with water capacities that can be filled, drained, adjusted and monitored via the dash-mounted touchscreen control panel to move weight around and fine-tune the ballast to create a custom wake.
New for 2012 is an additional 400 lbs. (181.8 kgs.) capacity, all in hard tanks, not in bladders. This brings the total ballast possible to 1,402 lbs. (637.2 kgs.). That's a lot of extra weight in a 23' boat and should go a long way to producing superior wake. If you want less wake, just pump out some of the ballast in the appropriate tank.
The Sea-Doo's hull design creates a shallow, 12-inch draft. Typically, inboard or sterndrive boats this size will draw from about 22" to 34" while under way. By eliminating rudders, propellers and stabilizing fins, the jet-driven models are much safer for tow-sport enthusiasts and swimmers.
A new, optional helm-controlled system helps remove weed from the engine's intake grate. The device can be activated only when the engines are off, and a control at the helm simply lowers the intake grate to a vertical position so gravity can pull off the weed.
The standard folding arch tower with speakers and light bar easily lowers when not in use.
A pair of swivel racks come standard aboard the 230 Wake that swing inboard for clearance while docking, launching or towing and to allow easy stowage and access from inside the boat.
Thanks to Sea-Doo's comfortable seating, excellent standard stereo system, chartplotter, "Docking Mode", 12" draft, the 23-foot Sea-Doo doesn't have to be in full "tow mode" to be enjoyed for other sports as well such as cruising or just entertaining.
The Heater
Let's face it, it can get cold on a boat, particularly when you were dancing the light fantastic for 20 minutes or so in 65-degree water. That's why the new 230 Wake has a heater tube. Located on the port side under the spotter lounge seat the accordion-like flexible tube has a breath of warm air coming from off the engines. The tube is long enough to even reach the driver.
Basic Specifications
The 230 Wake is 23'6" (7.16 m) LOA, with an 8'9" (2.67 m) beam, and a draft of 12" (.30 m). She weighs 3,922 lbs. (1779 kgs.) and has a storages capacity of 75 cu. ft. (2.12 cu. m) and is rated to seat 12 persons, or 2,180 lbs. (989 kgs.) Her fuel capacity is 53 gal. (200.6 L).
We think Sea-Doo has hit the mark offering a sharp-looking, large-capacity recreational tow-boat. She has practical wakeboarding features but she can be used for all kinds of towing sports and is just plane fun to drive. The stock boat, with standard engines, is priced at $55,099.
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The Jacksonville International Airport has been evacuated due to "police activity" regarding suspicious packages.
The airport posted the information on its official Twitter feed Tuesday evening. The Tweet did not give any other details. A telephone call to the airport went straight to voicemail.
Airport officials also tweeted that passengers on inbound flights currently on the ground would be bused to offsite hotels as transportation became available.
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Authorities say a vehicle reported stolen in 1998 was discovered submerged in a pond this week.
Authorities say four men who were driving in a secluded area early Tuesday discovered the Oldsmobile in a pond in south Tulsa.
Tulsa police there's no evidence of a violent crime or a body in the vehicle. A check of the car's Illinois license plate found that it was reported stolen from a Tulsa apartment complex in 1998.
Fire Capt. Stan May tells the Tulsa World that it took crews more than an hour to pull the car from the water. Crews opened the car's doors and trunk and then returned it to the water to let all the mud out before towing away the vehicle.
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Smoky Valley was down 21-0 at one point Thursday night against Abilene, but perservered and sent the Class 4A District 15 finale into not one, but two overtimes.
Unfortunately, the Vikings came up short of making the playoffs, as they fell 49-42.
"We were fighting from behind all night," Smoky Valley coach Chris Hattabaugh said, "but the kids made a heck of an effort to get it to overtime."
The Cowboys jumped ahead after a pair of short-yardage touchdowns by Tanner Hoekman and a 35-yard run by Trey Bender.
Ethan Loder got the Vikings on the board with 90 seconds left in the opening quarter with a 69-yard pass to Matt Guerrero.
Loder pulled Smoky Valley (7-2, 1-2 District 5) to within a touchdown with 2:53 to go before the half after he connected with Jarod DeMott for 23 yards.
Abilene scored once in the third, but the Vikings responded with a 14-7 fourth quarter that tied it up at 35-35, sending the game into overtime.
The two teams exchanged touchdowns in the first overtime period.
The Cowboys, however, scored on a short run in the second overtime and then intercepted Smoky Valley in the end zone to end the game and send the Cowboys to the playoffs.
Abilene (5-4, 2-1) opens the playoffs Tuesday at Goodland, who won District 16.
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OAKLAND -- About halfway through the morning session, second-year Warriors coach Mark Jackson gave Stephen Curry the bad news: The starting point guard was being held out for the rest of the practice.
"He looked at me and said, 'That's it?' " Jackson said. "I thought I was back home with my kids."
"It's too early to (put up a fight)," Curry said with a smile. "I think I threw my mouthpiece, and that was about it."
Curry's oft-injured right ankle is one of the key storylines of training camp. After undergoing arthroscopic surgery in April, Curry was cleared for full practice last month and has been working out with his teammates since mid-September.
However, Curry said the drills and scrimmaging the Warriors completed Tuesday during the first practice of training camp were the most intense action his ankle has endured. Curry said he took part in some one-on-one situations and several drills and went over defensive principles.
"We made sure guys got their conditioning in," Jackson said, pointing out that defense was the focus of Tuesday's morning session. "We competed at a high level and we got after it a little. ... Most of all, it was just great intensity across the board on both sides of the basketball."
Jackson, who is in his first full training camp as the Warriors coach, said he shut down Curry not because he saw something concerning but because he's being cautious.
"It's important for us to realize it doesn't matter today. He takes care of his body. He's in great shape," Jackson said of Curry, who spent the rest of practice on an exercise bike. "It's important he doesn't do anything today that we have to pay for tomorrow."
Jackson seemed pleased with what he saw before pulling Curry out of practice. Jackson said Curry has his explosiveness back as well as his ability to change speeds and make sudden bursts.
"It felt good," said Curry, set to start his fourth season. "Every drill that we did -- up until Coach pulled me out -- felt fluid, felt strong."
It's been a long road back for Curry. After surgery in May 2011 failed to solve his ankle issues, he wound up missing 40 games with subsequent sprains. Much of that time he was working and, Curry says, stressing about trying to get back on the court.
To be ready for training camp, Curry relented to having surgery (which he previously declared he didn't want to have) and spent a second consecutive offseason rehabbing from surgery. He's been in Oakland for over a month, preparing. Tuesday, Curry fell back on his well-honed patience rather than mope.
"I'm sure he had a plan he's going to stick to as far as what I can do and what I can't do," Curry said of Jackson. "Just gotta stick to it and be patient. I'm trying to keep the mentality that I'm going to do everything. Eventually, I'll get to that point if he lets me."
Jack was slowed by inflammation in his left knee. Jackson said he pulled Jack aside and told him he was going to practice a limited amount in the morning session. Like Curry, Jack had a hard time hiding the frustration.
"He's one of the guys specifically who said, 'Coach, this is killing me being over here,' " Jackson said. "His body language spoke volumes."
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Finally it's here. Smart Parts has released a Screw-In version of their high performance Max-Flo regulator. S.I.S. stands for Screw In System. The high flow Max-Flo regulators have had various gun mounting systems in the past. Finally they've been able to develop a system that's consistent, high flow, safe, easy to use, AND affordable for today's players.
This is just a beautiful regulator that everyone should pick up. You can get the regulator all by itself or it's available mounted on the following bottles: 47 Cubic Inch 3000psi Capcity, 45 Cubic Inch 4500psi Capacity, or 68 Cubic Inch 4500psi Capacity. The 45ci and 68ci tanks are available in a 3 or 5 year hydrotest version.
"As a player, I understand the appeal of screw-in systems," said Smart Parts President, Bill Gardner, Jr., "It's just so convenient to screw it in and go, then unscrew it and put it in your gear bag at the end of the day. We've talked about making screw-in systems for years, but there was no way we would release a system until it was done right. We knew it would need to have all of the flow-rate performance, consistency, reliability and safety features associated with the name Max-Flo. We would have to build this regulator at a price that is affordable in today's economy. We are so proud that our engineering and design teams did that with the Max-Flo SIS."
You can read the full version of the feature details on our website but let me mention just a few here.
*Preset Convenience: This is your standard preset style tank. It screws in to any ASA of any gun and delivers about 800psi output.
*Stainless Steel ASA Threads: These threads simple won't be damaged by a poorly machined ASA. Even if you have a poorly machined ASA (bottom line), you don't have to worry about these threads getting bent or dinged and not working.
*Increased Diameter Fluted Valve Pin: Stainless fluted pin mean high durability and high flow. Leave it to Smart Parts to come up with this ingenious tid bit.
*Anti-Launch Neck: Have you heard the horror stories of tanks being launched off of their regs? Maybe you've seen it happen? These SIS tanks have a QUADRUPLE redundant safety system to keep the regs on the tanks. BUT you can still easily remove them for TSA air travel compliance without voiding your warranty.
*Low Profile Fill Nipple: Uses and INTERNAL allen wrench for installation and removal to reduce it's overall height. The reg will still accept standard fill nipples if needed for repair.
*High and Low-pressure Burst Disks:In the event of a catastrophic reg failure this tank WILL NOT send 4500psi to your gun. The low pressure burst disc will blow before that happens. Another nice safety feature.
*Made In the USA:The Max-Flo regulator was designed in the US. The raw parts are machined in the US. Its assembled and tested in the US. Enough said, or you can read this.
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Here's what Barry Manilow performed on Thursday (Dec. 6) at the HP Pavilion in San Jose:
1. "It's a Miracle"
2. "Could It Be Magic"
3. "Somewhere in the Night"
4. "Looks Like We Made It"
5. "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
6. "Can't Smile Without You"
7. "Bandstand Boogie"
8. "The Old Songs"
9. "Stay"
10. "Even Now"
11. "Brooklyn Blues"
12. "I Am Your Child"
13. "This One's for You"
14. "New York City Rhythm"
15. "Weekend in New England"
16. "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
17. "Christmas is Just Around the Corner"
18. "River"
19. "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again"
20. "I Made It Through the Rain"
21. "Mandy"
22. "Copacabana (At the Copa)"
23. "I Write the Songs"
24. "It's a Miracle" (reprise)
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IngredientsIngredients 1 baguette French bread or similar Italian bread 1/4 cup olive oil Salt and pepper 2 Tbsps. butter 2 Tbsps. chopped French shallots 1/2 cup white wine or dry vermouth 2 Tbsps. whole grain mustard 1 cup heavy cream 2 Tbsps. fresh lemon juice 1 eggs 1⁄3; cup milk ½ tablespoon Creole seasoning ¼ teaspoon garlic powder ¼ teaspoon onion powder ½ teaspoon hot sauce ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper ½ to taste salt , to taste 1 dozen oysters 1 cup corn flour or 1 cup seasoned fish fry or 1 cup cornmeal ½ cup cornstarch 1 tablespoon Creole seasoning ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon black pepper ¼ teaspoon cayenne Lightly sautéed andouille medallions ½ teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning Parsley and green onions for garnish
Cooking InstructionsDirections Slice the baguette on a diagonal about 1/2 inch thick slices. Coat one side of each slice with olive oil using a pastry brush. Place on a cooking sheet, olive oil side down. You will want to toast them in the top rack in your oven, so you may need to do these in batches depending on the size of your oven. Once the oven has reached 450°F, place a tray of bread slices in the oven on the top rack. Toast for 5-6 minutes, until the bread just begins to turn golden brown. Alternatively, you can toast the bread without coating it in olive oil first. Toast on a griddle for 1 minute on each side. Take a sharp knife and score each slice 3 times. Rub some garlic in the slices and drizzle half a teaspoon of olive oil on each slice. This is the more traditional method of making bruschetta. In a sauté pan over medium heat, add 2 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon oil. When the butter is melted and frothy, add the shallots and sauté for a minute or two until the shallots are fragrant and wilted. Whisk in the white wine and let the wine reduce by half. Add the whole grain mustard and heavy cream. Whisk and simmer until the cream thickens slightly. Whisk in the squeeze of lemon and fresh tarragon and then remove from the heat. Taste the sauce and add a pinch of salt and pepper as needed. Sauté the andouille medallions. Set aside. Combine flour, cornstarch Creole seasoning, salt, pepper and lemon seasoning in a bowl and mix well. Add in the oysters and marinate at least 30 minutes in the fridge. Put the remaining ingredients in a paper bag and mix well by shaking. Remove the oysters from the marinade and drop in the bag. Shake the bag to coat the oysters and let them rest in the bag for a few minutes. Heat about 2" of oil in the pan to 365 degrees. Place the oysters in the oil leaving at least a 3/4" space between pieces (do not overcrowd them or the oysters will be soggy). Fry the oysters about 4 minutes or until done. Remove to paper towels to drain. Place bruschetta on a plate, top with fried oysters, pour cream sauce over oysters and garnish with parsley and green onions. Serve with tomatoes and dill pickles.


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The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department has upgraded its vending machines with healthy options in an effort to provide better choices for employees, patients and visitors in need of a snack or beverage.
"We have several community classes that deal with better food choices, so we thought there's no better way to send a message about healthy eating than to provide smarter options in our buildings," said Kevin Hall, LFCHD communications officer. "Now, when we work with companies on ways to offer healthy snacks in their own vending machines, we can speak from firsthand experience."
In making the change, the health department considered calories, fat, sugar and sodium content, as well as products that would still be affordable. The new, healthier options include more water, diet drinks, fruit drinks and low-calorie/fat snacks.
The vending choices were also selected based on national standards used by the General Services Administration (which handles all food in Federal buildings) and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, and is also an extension of the Lexington Division of Parks & Recreation's Better Bites program (the new line of fresh, healthy foods being offered at Parks and Recreation pools, the Lexington Legends Ballpark and other recreational facilities in Lexington).
The health department can work with companies to help provide advice on healthy food choices at the work place. For information, call (859) 288-2473.


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A man from Cut Off died when he was unable to escape his truck shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday after it went off the road and sunk in Bayou Lafourche, State Police said.
The victim, Cesar Franco, 35, was driving a 1999 Ford F-150 south on La. 308 near the Galliano Bridge in Lafourche Parish when his truck traveled off the right side of the road where it rolled over onto its roof and came to rest submerged in Bayou Lafourche, police said.
Franco, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead on the scene by the Lafourche Parish Coroner's Office, troopers said. Routine toxicology tests are pending, and this crash remains under investigation.
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bought last week my first PS3 and found yesterday the program PS3 Media Server. It works great, but I worry if the Media Server is safe enough. I mean it's not password protected, I can access it with my PS3 without trying hard and without problems, so why my neighbour shouldn't?
So my question is if my neighbour can access my files with his PS3 or PC?


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Dora's flying high! And that's no small thing given that only moments ago she was a paper bag! That's right! This recycled craft requires only a grocery bag, tape, and paints or markers. After that, the sky's the limit!
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1. Cut the bottom off the bag. 2. Lay the bag flat. Draw a dot about one-third down the center of the bag. Mark an X through the dot. Cut along the X. You'll be left with two "wings." 3. Turn the bag upside down and then flip over. Fold the wings to the front and out. (These will become Dora's hair.)
With the pencil, draw Dora's bangs, eyes, nose, and mouth. With paint and/or markers, color the two "wing" pieces and the folded area inside. Then paint her bangs. (We outlined her hair, but this is optional.) Then, paint the eyes, nose, and mouth. At the base of the kite, paint Dora's "shoulders" green (or any other color you like) to represent her dress. Let the paint dry completely.
5. Trim the corners to match Dora's head shape. 6. Cut a 2-foot piece of string for the tail, and tie short ribbon pieces down the string. 7. Put a piece of tape at the corner of each wing to strengthen it, then punch a hole through each. Cut two 1-foot lengths of string, threading one piece through each of the holes. Tie with knots to secure. Cut a 6- to 8-foot piece of string and tie to the shorter strings to make a "v" shape. Knot the end of the long string to a stick or cardboard tube and wrap the string around it. 8. Punch a hole at the bottom of the kite (in the center). Slip one end of the tail through the hole and tie with a double-knot. 9. Tape the wings to the side of the bag at the top only.
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Nice solid Suzy to open with, into an equally tight ATR, which, for a second show in a row, segways right into Sloth. Sloth was a little loose at times. Sparkle was good but had some of the EQ-ing noises going on. Really good Maze tonight! One of the first GREAT ones! Trey false starts an ok Horn. Reba is sloppy in parts but, has a good jam on the end. Poor Heart is good. My Friend has some spots in the intro but, it's getting good. Trey forgets to turn off his tube screamer for a little laugh before Bouncing. Antelope is huge, complete with lots of chatter from Trey about the language. Good closer.
Good Glide to open the second set. Cavern is also good although, early tonight. Rift had a couple of spots. Fluff was ok. It had some roughness in the travels section before the Clod. Eliza is a great rare beautiful tune to hear. It really mellows things out before a rocking Mike's. Hydrogen has it's problems from Trey. Weekapaug has a great jam. Another rare one comes out with the lengthy McGrupp. Stash has a few spots but, is otherwise great. Fishman's section is pretty regular tonight. No extended intros or anything. Some guy in the crowd gets his wish as Possum makes for a good closer.
Trey sounds a little out of tune for Monkey tonight. Rocky Top is rocking as usual.
Good energy tonight, not too many mistakes. They did technically repeat eight songs from the last show's setlist, so it should be tighter. Lots of crowd participation tonight as well, singing along.
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE - In the early evening hours on a brisk Wednesday, Homewood resident Jarek Sznytzer stood outside waiting with a bag in tow at the newly completed Placer County Transit Center in Tahoe City for his ride: a TART bus.
"It only runs about every hour," he said. "Every half hour would be nice ... Otherwise (the service), it's good. It's on time, most of the time."
Soon after, his bus arrived, and he and two other passengers boarded. The bus idled for a few minutes with its doors open, waiting for possible additional passengers, before departing.
Later, while waiting for her bus inside the $4.8 million transit center, Rosie Ibarra, a student living in Kings Beach, was asked to grade the current state of public transit and comment on what might be improved. Her response to the latter: shorter headways, service hours extended to midnight for those who work into the evenings and service around the lake.
Despite the suggestions, a variety of local and Western transit officials agree: Several challenges unique to this region stand in the way.
"It goes back to that idea of being all things to all people," said Lynn Rumbaugh, transit manager for the city of Aspen, Colo. "We have a hard time figuring out sometimes how to operate services more efficiently when we have a group of people that are demanding really fast frequency. They want service at 2 a.m., (and others) they want service 6 a.m. We have services that we really should probably run year-round, but we can only afford to run them in the offseason."
Rumbaugh and roughly 60 other people, ranging from Western ski resort representatives to regional transit officials to residents, gathered late last month for the 2012 Transit Summit at Truckee Tahoe Airport to discuss how to improve area transit while acknowledging the funding challenges and economic benefits of such an endeavor.
Kent Cashel, director of public works for Park City, Utah, said the city used to have multiple transit systems like North Tahoe currently has, but decided to "integrate" them, rather than keeping them independent or interfacing them.
"We could have one schedule and one look and feel to the buses, so when any user looked at the system, they recognized it, they knew where to get the information and it was simple to use," he said.
Other characteristics of Park City's transit system, which is shared by the other resort communities present at the summit - Aspen and Summit County, Colo. - include short headways and extended daily service.
"... We've got the double hump with the two shoulder season, but we found that if you cut back significantly in the shoulder seasons, you lose all of your employee ridership," said Thad Noll, assistant county manager for Summit County. " ... a lot of our service is (to) employees, so you've got to cater to that. That's really what drives the system."
Yet the key element to all three resort communities' transit system: It's free for the riders.
Just because the transit system is free to riders, however, doesn't not mean it's free for the provider.
"It's very common in resort transportation systems that we're looking at a range of funding sources," said Walter Kieser, managing principal of Economic and Planning Systems, who was the keynote speaker at the summit. "That's important because we really want to mix it up, so we have a broad base of financing."
Rumbaugh said Aspen follows such a system, characterizing it as a "complicated stew." Public transit costs Aspen approximately $4 million annually, increasing at about 5 percent a year, for a nine-bus fleet and is funded through sales tax, lodging tax, use tax, development fees, grants and parking fees.
"Every year, our parking office, if they make a profit, they turn that profit over to me, and I spend it," Rumbaugh said. "That tends to be anywhere from $500,000 to $900,000, depending on the year. I think that's an amazing way to pay for transit."
She wasn't alone; a few of the summit attendees expressed interest in the idea.
"It's not very popular among the general public, but I love it," Rumbaugh said.
Locally, transportation providers also rely on a range of funding sources - which are increasingly challenged by the fickle economy.
The cost to operate TART for the 2012-13 fiscal year is about $3.16 million, with sales tax generating approximately $1 million in funding, said Placer County's TART manager Will Garner. Back in 2007-08, however, sales tax used to generate about $1.2 to $1.25 million.
"Since 2008, sales tax took a dive off of a cliff that year and we lost a lot of our sales tax base revenue," he said.
The rest of TART is funded through Placer County's Transient Occupancy Tax funds, providing 29 percent of funding, along with fare revenue (14 percent), federal funding (13 percent), other agencies (8 percent) and state transit assistance (5 percent).
"We have a number of intergovernmental cooperative agreements to receive funding from," Garner said. "All the outside entities keep us running. Every last dollar is necessary."
Sometimes even a variety of funding sources isn't enough, however.
Kelly Beede, parking service manager for the town of Truckee, said reserve funds may need to be dipped into to cover Truckee's 2012-13 transit expenditure budget of approximately $767,000 - $295,000 of which goes to the town's Dial-A-Ride, with $199,000 to the Fixed Route service.
For regions considering improving transit, Kieser advised they should weigh the cost versus the economic benefits of such an undertaking.
"One of the things that we look at when we're looking at the question of investments and making changes like this (are): What are you trying to do from an economic perspective?" he said. "We're looking for measurable results that would come from improving the transportation system and linkages."
Only if economic benefits can be derived should a community move forward with plans to improve its transit system, Kieser said. Some of those potential benefits include: an increase in revenue for public and private entities; improvements in the job market, recreational facilities, shops and restaurants; and an increase in property values.
All this would be due to attracting more destination visitors to the area, he said.
"While you benefit from the proximity to the Bay Area and those weekend visitors, in terms of economic development and strengthening, it's looking at those destination visitors, those people who come and stay longer that ... growth can occur," Kieser said. "Those destination visitors have certain expectations, and increasingly, one of those expectations is to be able to move around easily between the assets in the resort community."
Richard Anderson, exiting Truckee Town Council member and soon-to-be Nevada County supervisor, stressed the importance of getting destination visitors to travel outside the ski resorts and into the communities in order to spread the wealth.
Transportation can encourage that, Kieser said, either through the placement of bus pick-up/drop-off facilities in the community or bus routes that allow visitors to see the community's dining and shopping options.
"One thing we know from our work is that the destination visitor is different," he said. "What people are looking for in terms of a destination often times now mixes it up with not only the recreation skiing, but also dining (and) retail shopping. So downtowns like Truckee are really well placed to build on their existing assists to attract those kinds of visitors."
Still, the North Shore's size, its many existing transit options and lack of available state funding, among others, pose unique challenges to a transit system, Kieser said.
But Alex Mourelatos, owner of the Mourelatos Lakeshore Resort, is undaunted by them.
"A lot of times you have to look at this, (and ask) is it too many problems, is it too complex?" he asked. "In fact, the opportunity is that it is a whole lot of small challenges, and you're only going to solve that if we come together as a selective body. I think we should all be focusing on a vision of what transportation could be and not at all what it is today."
The North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association in partnership with Truckee/North Tahoe Transportation Management Association hosted the summit and budgeted a total of $4,000 for Kieser, Rumbaugh, Cashel and Noll to attend, said Sandy Evans Hall, CEO and executive director of NLTRA.
Hall said the reason for bringing those outside experts in was to provide new ideas regarding public transit.
"I think if we always do what we've done, we always get what we have," she said.
As facilitated by Kieser, summit attendees identified some of the next steps in the process, which include: quantifying the economic benefits of an improved transit system, identifying possible public and private system partners and creating a letter of intent, with the overall vision of creating a system that can accommodate more people without harming the environment; increase convenience of use; and make it fun, fast, free, frequent and an "economic win" for everyone involved.
A group of area stakeholders agreed to reconvene in January with additional research and improvement recommendations, with the full summit gathering again in the spring so the stakeholders can share what they discovered and possibly move forward with some recommendations.
Until things change, however, Bill O'Connor, a resident of Homewood and user of public transportation to travel to and from work, said he's content with the area's current services.
"It works for me," he said while waiting for his TART bus connection that same Wednesday morning inside the Transit Center. "(I have) no complaints. It's great. It's super convenient for me to go to Tahoe City to Squaw and back. I'm a fan."


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The Marietta College baseball team may have multiple chances to add to its six national titles before its story is told on film.
"The 'Etta Express," a documentary project launched earlier this year by a pair of MC alumni, has been put on hold indefinitely after a Kickstarter campaign fell well short of its $150,000 goal and co-director and producer Mike Eisenberg had to leave the project, at least temporarily.
Gary Caruso, the sports journalist and Marietta alumnus who was working with Eisenberg on the film, said it's unlikely the original goal of completing the film by next fall is still attainable. But he's not throwing in the towel.
"As long as we get it done, that's what really counts," Caruso said. "And I'm reasonably optimistic that we'll get it done."
Caruso and Eisenberg, a 2009 MC grad with a Chicago-based film production company, first crossed paths while Caruso was writing his book, "Marietta College Baseball: The Story Of The 'Etta Express." Both were very familiar with the baseball program - Caruso was an assistant coach in the early 1970s and Eisenberg helped the Pioneers win their fourth championship in 2006 before pitching professionally for a while - and thought the story of the team's championship pedigree and the culture instilled by legendary coach Don Schaly was ripe for a film.
The plan was to follow the current incarnation of the 'Etta Express through the 2013 season and interweave that footage with interviews and history of the program.
The Kickstarter campaign secured commitments of less than $17,000. Fundraising then shifted to a website devoted to the film, but after Eisenberg and his company had to pull out, Caruso temporarily shut down the site, canceling transactions made by donors.
Eisenberg said he could not give the documentary, nor his other projects, the commitment they deserved given the current situation.
"It's not working out right now for us, financially or schedule-wise," he said.
But he hasn't given up on the film either.
"I want to see this film get made," Eisenberg said, adding he'd like to be a part of it. If Caruso gets the ball rolling and the timing works out, he hopes to come back to the project.
Caruso said he's in talks with some potential partners who could bring equipment, personnel and/or fundraising to the project, but nothing is far enough along that he can announce it now. He also believes he has some significant support left over from the Kickstarter campaign, but does not want to accept any money until the project is on surer footing.
"I'm pretty confident that the big contributors I have are still interested," he said.
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Getting the person accused of molesting a child into a courtroom on criminal charges can be one of the most difficult challenges an investigator faces.
"You have to deal with the inherent difficulty it's a child's word against an adult's word," explained Assistant Washington County Prosecutor Kevin Rings.
Knowing that proving a case based on the word of a young child is difficult, law enforcement and Children Services investigators are then placed into the tough position of finding the evidence needed to convict an offender.
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Marietta Police Patrolman Dianna Hively is one of several local officers who works on child sex abuse cases.
And with that, comes the knowledge that no one really wants to have to put a child on the stand to testify in open court about what happened to them.
To that end, the questioning of a suspect accused of molesting a child is one of the most crucial parts of the investigation.
"Interview and interrogation is a very important aspect of our job," said Marietta Police Patrolman Dianna Hively.
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How investigators handle reports of sexual abuse of a child
- Once a report is received, an interview is set up with a member of Children's Services and law enforcement.
- After the initial interview with the victim, additional interviews are conducted with potential witnesses.
- The suspect will be interviewed by police.
- If a report is substantiated, evidence will be forwarded to the Washington County Prosecutor's office for possible indictment by the grand jury.
Source: Marietta Police Department.
Getting a confession is the goal of the interview, and without it prosecuting the offender can become a hit or miss proposition.
Controlled phone calls can also be used to help an investigation and help develop the admission of guilt.
"You want that confession, and as an investigator you will do everything within the law to get that confession," said Washington County Sheriff's Maj. Brian Schuck.
Reports of the sexual abuse of a child usually come to investigators in one of three ways. A report may be made directly to police, to Children Services who informs police, or a tip is left anonymously, Hively explained.
Of all sexual abuse against children, only about 30 percent of it is reported to authorities, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
No matter how a report is received, Children Services will become involved in the earliest stages of the investigation as interviews with the victim will be conducted at their location rather than the police station.
That allows for the victim to be more comfortable in their surroundings, and keeps them from having to talk about the issue multiple times, police explained.
An inquiry into the sexual abuse of a child doesn't start with investigators, however.
It starts with parents, who are typically one of the first people told of the abuse if the offender is not one of the child's guardians, Rings said. Once a child begins to make statements of possible abuse, the parents have to listen with an open mind, and then report it to police.
"The worst thing a parent can do when they hear about this is become hysterical. The kid will shut down," Rings said. "Kids pick up those triggers, and they don't want to upset people."
Parents are not the only ones who must struggle to remain calm when a child claims sexual abuse.
It's also a test of an investigator, who has to remain calm and neutral throughout the entire case, no matter how much it bothers them, police said.
"Not everyone's cut out to do those type of crimes," Schuck said. "The satisfaction comes when you get the confession and you're able to put them away for a long time."
Along with the calm demeanor, investigators also have a responsibility to provide for the interest and well-being of the child from the initial point of discovery.
Depending on who the alleged perpetrator is, that can lead to possibly taking the child from the home.
Sometimes there may not be enough evidence for criminal proceedings, but the child can still be protected through Children Services, Hively noted.
Hively recalled a case where police believed a young girl was victimized by a family member in the home, but there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute. Instead, the child was taken from the home by Children Services and placed in foster care.
"The important thing is the child's safety. That's the No. 1 thing," Hively said.
Once an investigation is complete and evidence is gathered, it is submitted to the Washington County Prosecutor's office.
At times, a case can still be difficult to prosecute even with an inordinate amount of evidence, as the victim and the family must be taken into account.
Rings said it is very important for the mother of the victim to be on board with the prosecution, which isn't always the case as sometimes the provider for the home is the perpetrator of the offense.
"You can have an overwhelming amount of evidence and they still don't want to believe it," Schuck said.
Even families that cooperate fully with the investigation typically do not want to place a young child victim on the witness stand.
That leads to a great many plea bargains in sexual assault cases, as prosecutors and investigators work to have an inordinate amount of evidence to result in strong charges against the alleged perpetrator.
"You have to do whatever you can to take those guys off the street for as long as you can," Rings said.
And no matter what the charge is, Rings said he is confident in being able to make a plea bargain because Washington County Common Pleas Judges Susan Boyer and Ed Lane will not give light sentences to someone accused of molesting a child, he said.
"That's not going to happen in Washington County," Rings said.
After conviction, during sentencing those who have committed a sex offense are required to register their address as a sex offender.
All registered sex offenders in Washington County are listed on the sheriff's office website, www.washingtoncountysheriff.org.
The sheriff's office will send mailings and emails to area residences notifying them when a sex offender moves into the neighborhood.


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STOCKTON - A federal Community Oriented Policing Services grant from the U.S. Department of Justice has been activated that covers the cost of hiring 17 additional officers for the Stockton Police Department, Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Police Department, said Monday.
With the addition of two officers and five recruits who will be sworn in at 2 p.m. today at downtown police headquarters, Silva said that will bring the department's sworn staff up to 345, one more than the allocated budgeted positions that were needed to trigger the federal grant.
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quote: The part I will disagree on is that the modern SUV didn't exist in the 60's and 70's, at most you had vans but they weren't 40% of the cars on the road.
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August 3, 2011 - It takes some burglars only 60 seconds to break into a home and in half of all residential burglaries the thieves have simply walked through unlocked doors or crawled through unlocked windows. Lt. Nancy Burns of the Crime Prevention Unit at the Leon County Sheriff's Office says "crime is crime, it's everywhere. It doesn't matter if you are a big city, small town, or a medium sized city because there's always going to be people that have the need for something."
According to the US Department of Justice, American homes are victims of burglary about every 15 seconds. Judge Baity, a security consultant at Safe Touch in Tallahassee states "I've been doing security for more than 20 years and I have seen crime and break-ins and more widespread in the last probably couple years than we've ever had it before." He says homeowners and business owners may want to consider protecting their home and businesses with a security system. According to Baity, "when you have an alarm system, you have a perimeter protection that covers your windows and doors so when the alarm system is armed, no one can breach it without activating that alarm system."
Experts also say one of the best deterrents in addition to your alarm system are yard signs and window decals because it's less likely that someone will breach your property knowing that it's protected.
The Leon County Sheriff's Office says that between April 1st and July 1st of 2012, there were 325 residential burglaries, 189 vehicle burglaries and 63 commercial burglaries. These numbers historically decrease with the start of each school year. Lt. Nancy Burns says "sometimes our kids are out of school, specifically maybe teenagers. They're looking for that easy money as well and they have idle time on their hands. They're not working or have a summertime job or a camp where they are at."
Residential burglaries typically occur during daytime hours when people are away from their homes. Burns says, "I think people don't realize sometimes, most burglars come from your own neighborhood. They're home grown because who knows you better than the people that live in your neighborhood so they know what cars belong there, they know when you come and go from work, and the average time for the average burglar is between 10 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon because that's when we are gone."
The Leon County Sheriff's Office offers different types of free services for both home security as well as commercial businesses. Burns says, "we start out on the street level looking at everything from locks, lighting, shrubbery, how your house looks to a burglar, what's the appeal, is it all covered, is it secluded or do the neighbors have access that they can see you, is there good visibility that others can be helping you to watch your home when you are away as you should be watching theirs as well."
The Leon County Sheriff's Office says a significant number of residential burglaries are committed on homes that have alarm systems, but were simply not activated. According to Baity, "with new technology today, you can also make your smart phone is a virtual keypad where you can arm and disarm anywhere that you have access to the internet, as well as we give you some pretty handy wireless key remotes as well."
A final suggestion from the Leon County Sheriff's Office is to make sure that your address on your mailbox or on your house is easy to find so the police, fire department or EMS won't have trouble finding your house in an emergency. Burns says "it is still a small town, it is a great community but there's always the bad element within no matter what town or small community you come from so you always have to consider that unfortunately, we always have to be prepared for that bad element."
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Dean C. Wagner, 78, of Mercersburg died Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Mercersburg Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Mercersburg. The family will receive friends two hours prior to services Saturday in the church. Arrangements were made by Lininger-Fries Funeral Home Inc., Mercersburg.
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Simon told me the story of his first project. There is *no* way I can do it justice. If you ever hear him tell it, you'll understand instantly why I can't help but say "Wow."
Here is someone who makes things happen. Even if his back is to the wall, he won't give up - he'll find a way to make things work.
Simply by being, he inspires me to push beyond myself.
He's amazing.
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FYI, the YRT changed their bus routes back in April - the #1 doesn't go to Finch anymore, it stops at Richmond Hill. Also, the Pink stops running after 9am and doesn't start up again until 3 or so and stops again at 6-something, so the alternative to the Pink for those staying late for Hack night would be purple viva + whatever buses go to finch, which includes the blue viva and the 91 or the 99, I forget which.
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By MandyWaite on Mar 24, 2009
I had the good fortune to present, along with my colleague Prashant, at the Community One event in New York last week. We talked about all of the testing work that we have been doing with Ruby on Rails on OpenSolaris these last 2 months and gave some pointers on what stack components to use and how to scale both vertically and horizontally. Got to see some of the sessions, although I spent a lot of the time in the speaker room on the first day. It was interesting to hear Dave Douglas talking about Kutiman, well actually it was more weird than interesting :o) I've listened to Kutiman quite a bit over the last couple of years, but had missed the Youtube Mashup thing that he's done. If you are interested check out http://thru-you.com/
In the same Keynote, Dave Douglas re-purposed Sun's 25 year old vision: "The network is the computer" for the Cloud and announced the Sun Open Cloud Platform. Dave believes (and I tend to agree) that there will be many clouds, some public, some private, some internal, some internal, geographic based clouds, market based clouds and so on. The Sun Open Cloud Platform will provide the infrastructure for powering these clouds, starting with the Sun Cloud. The Sun Cloud is currently manifested as a RESTful API which you can sign up for at http://kenai.com (it comes out of an internal project called Kenai and from QLayer), the API is published under Creative Commons which is cool. Other bits will follow later this year, Sun Cloud Compute Service and Sun Cloud Storage Service, which all I know about is limited to the press release. Now all we need to do is get the word out about what we are doing and then listen to the people who use it, who want to use it and who used it and didn't like it, and make it the best Cloud possible.
I didn't get a chance to see Simon Phipps' talk on The 3rd wave of Open Source live as I was talking at the time. I have watched the recording since and it's pretty interesting. I like the mention of Open Source as the Firmware for the Systems group at Sun (where I work), for example the Sun Storage 7000 series has OpenSolaris and ZFS as it's 'firmware', that these software components are fundamental parts of these systems and that no additional software and software licenses are required to make them work. Indeed Open Source really is now at the core of Sun Microsystems. Something else he said half jokingly, he used the word "victims" to describe the users of closed source, proprietary software, not sure why that gels so well with me. "More and more procurement driven projects are ending in failure" and the alternative is an adoption led process, where there's a lose specification of requirements, prototyping and several iterations that lead into a pilot that will either succeed or 'fail early' and that's fine, better to fail early than to fail after spending lots of money on licenses, professional services and support contracts.
Anyway, rather than give a commentary on the talks I saw you can see video of the main track and pick up the slides for the others at: http://www.sun.com/events/communityone/index.jsp
I had the pleasure to meet Dave Pascoe and Mark Niedzielski from OurStage who attended our talk. I think I learned more from them than they did from me :o) If you are at all interested in new music you should check them out. Anyway, they use Rails big time and they use OpenSolaris for storage. The kind of scaling that they do is something that given the limited opportunities for access to equipment, I could only ever dream about. It was thought provoking to say the least. Mark showed me a software monitoring tool called Rails Performance Monitor from a company called New Relic. It's the kind of app that anyone involved in managing and monitoring performance long for and tells you pretty much everything about how your Rails app is performing and where it's spending it's time. I've been using the Lite version for the last couple of days.
The second day of Community One was reserved for Deep Dives and I decided to attend the MySQL sessions (dev in the morning, dba in the afternoon) and see if I could pick up some useful tips. We spent a little too long looking at the online docs, but apart from that they were good sessions. If nothing else, finding out that I could log queries that didn't use an index made the whole thing worth while.
NYC was it's usual self: expensive, noisy, bustling and full of character. I had a 1.5 hour tour of Manhattan on my way from the airport on the Shuttle bus and took the E line subway in the rush hour on the return trip.
Oh and some people were talking about IBM, something about an outrageous plot to take over the world...


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Hmm, this is kinda personal ;-) I have my avatar on my chest ... its a catch-all symbol for intellectual illumination, which includes atheism. I also have some old English letters on my arm near the shoulder that say, Illuminatio Ubique, which means "Illumination Everywhere".
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This is what I ended up getting. It is the A made with a pattern of shaded green leaves. And I am not normally as sassy as in the picture. I had just gotten the tattoo in Vegas and on that same trip ran into an obnoxious religious demonstration. I like it because not many know what it means, but I do! And I know what it means to me.
Nice place to take a picture. *laughs*
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PHILADELPHIA -- Set aside for a minute the speculation about the aftereffects of jet lag or the lingering emotions tied to the highs and lows of Olympic competition.
Joe Pavelski honed in Wednesday on a more practical adjustment he and the three other Sharks returning from Sochi now face as they prepare for the resumption of their NHL season Thursday night against the Philadelphia Flyers.
"Coming back on the ice, it just feels small out there," Pavelski said, drawing a comparison to the bigger European surface he's been playing on. "Just skinny, the offensive zone seems kind of long and narrow."
No, it isn't likely to take long for Pavelski, Patrick Marleau, Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Antti Niemi to get used to the smaller NHL rinks again. But that was only one of many topics on the table after an hour-long practice at Penn's home rink as the Sharks welcomed not only their four Olympians back into the fold, but also the likely return of Logan Couture, Raffi Torres and Tyler Kennedy to the lineup.
"I felt like we were energized a little bit today," coach Todd McLellan said. "I don't know if that's because we were in a different building or if they're back and guys are excited to see them."
But McLellan was also a little wary about how quickly his world travelers would readjust to their NHL routine.
"It's as much the emotional part of their experience as it is the physical part. Time change, jet lag, all that type of stuff comes into play for every Olympian," McLellan said. "It's who can recover from the emotional part of being a champion or maybe losing a game that you wanted to win. But, I think the players that we sent are very mentally strong."
All four Olympic Sharks talked about the experience in a positive light -- even Pavelski, who acknowledged it was "definitely a tough ending" with Team USA coming home empty handed after being shut out by Canada and Finland.
"Overall, great experience," he said adding anyone "definitely can learn a lot from going to a place like that and being around those types of players."
Vlasic talked about the confidence gained by winning gold as a key presence on a Team Canada defense that shut down opponents by allowing just three goals in six games.
"Obviously we didn't score a lot of goals, but we didn't need to. Everybody was committed, everybody had a part in it and it was a great thrill," he said. "I thought my game grew in the Olympics."
Marleau said he was watching his Team Canada teammate in practice Wednesday just to see how Vlasic might react to his first Olympic competition.
"You can see how he has a lot of confidence now, having played against the best and with the best," Marleau said. "It raises your game. You see what other players do, how they prepare, how they practice and it can't help but help your game."
Niemi said he didn't find it too difficult to be a spectator at every Team Finland game because he knew ahead of time he might not start or even play. And, the goalie added, the break provided just the right amount of work and rest.
"I feel it was just the perfect two weeks for me, skating with the team, not skating a lot, just a couple drills a day pretty much," he said. "I didn't play so I think my mind is rested too. I feel pretty good right now."
McLellan said he thinks all NHL teams are facing the same challenge as they get ready for their first games after the nearly three-week break.
"Just the rustiness, the trying to do to much early in a game, we really have to keep it simple," he said. "You'll hear 30 coaches say that today. Keep the shifts short -- execute a lot like we are at the beginning of the year."
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.
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