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The Copyright Alert System, organized by the recording and film industry, is being activated this week to target consumers using peer-to-peer software.
Under the new system, complaints will prompt an Internet service provider—such as Verizon or AT&T—to notify a customer whose Internet address has been detected sharing files illegally. A person will be given up to six opportunities to stop before the Internet provider will take more drastic steps, such as temporarily slowing their connection, or redirecting Internet traffic until they acknowledge they received a notice or review educational materials about copyright law.
Consumers who maintain they have been wrongly accused would be forced to pay $35 to appeal the decision. The fee would be reimbursed if they prevail.
Proponents say the focus is on deterring the average consumer rather than chronic violators. The director of the organization behind the system, Jill Lesser of the Center for Copyright Infringement, said in a blog post Monday that the program is "meant to educate rather than punish, and direct (users) to legal alternatives."
Each Internet provider is expected to implement their own system. The program gives each customer five or six "strikes" after a music or film company has detected illegal file-sharing and lodged a complaint.
Officials involved in the effort acknowledge it's unlikely to stop the biggest violators. There are ways to disguise an IP address or use a neighbor's connection that is unlocked. Public wireless connections, such as those offered at coffee shops, also won't be monitored.


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Country singer Luke Bryan will perform a second show at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24, 2014 at Mohegan Sun Arena, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Uncasville.
The extra performance was added due to popular demand. The concert, part of Bryan's "That's My Kind Of Night Tour," will also include singers Lee Brice and Cole Swindell. Tickets are $99.75 and $79.75.
To purchase tickets, contact Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com. For more information, visit mohegansun.com.
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Today, it's not hard to find a child who doesn't have any roots in agriculture; no grandparents with a farm, with no exposure to what life on a farm or ranch is life.
Nothing could be further from the truth for Betty Andrews of North Zulch. She's been a rancher her entire life.
"The boys found them a way out, they thought, and they never came back. So that left sister, and I was at home so I went with Daddy and we checked the cows, and we did this and we did that. "
Betty Andrews continued to help her father ranch, even after she had married. She began rescuing orphan calves in 1985.
"I had cattle before that. My father had cattle before that, but my health got bad and I had to cut back and do what I could do."
Andrews is known around North Zulch as the "calf lady".
"They want me to raise them for them or their cow has died or something has happened. They bring the calf here and I raise it. I go to the sale barn. I buy calves there."
Newcomers are immediately vaccinated and given a shot of minerals.
"The older ones will go right on a cow. Now the younger ones that are in really, really, bad condition, I will probably bottle them for maybe a week or two. That way I can control what they eat. I can give them that much extra vitamins, nutrients that they might not get otherwise."
When you're not physically big, it helps to work smart.
"You catch them by the tail, this is their steering wheel as I call it. You turn them and they go back that way. You learn how to manage them. If you don't they'll kill you. They'll step all over you."
Betty Andrews enjoys her work.
"It's not what they are or where they came from, they lived, and that's very, very important to me, trying to get one, and get him up, and watch him go out across there with his tail stuck up in the air just racing around the trap, and know, God did that, and I helped."
I'm Kailey Carey, looking at Brazos Valley agriculture, From The Ground Up.


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Webbla - Bookmark Manager
Visual bookmark manager with Delicious and Pinboard support.
If you like to handle your music and photos with iTunes and iPhoto, Webbla is the right application to handle your bookmarks.
Webbla is a modern bookmark manager for Mac OS X Leopard that helps you in organizing your bookmarks visually. It also offers you an easy way to keep track of website updates.
Instead of remembering your bookmarks by title, Webbla gives you a new way to remember them visually. Personalizing your bookmarks with tags or keeping them in different categories will help you to come back to them easily.
Browser compatibility
Define your own shortcuts to add bookmarks from your web browser to Webbla.
Customizable web browser scripts make it easy to open bookmarks in different ways with all applications supporting AppleScript.
Over standard html bookmark files you can import and export your bookmarks to and from Camino, Firefox, OmniWeb, Opera, Safari and more.
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Webbla support Spotlight, Cover Flow and Quick Look, so you can easily find and preview your bookmarks with the Finder.
Required OS: 10.6
Tags: tags , pinboard , delicious , productivity , bookmarks , organize , web
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Delicious support will come very soon.
If you are interested to see how it will work and what we have done check out our preview at http://tinyurl.com/3y85a7m and let us know what you think.
This is a very well presented app, though I'd like to see direct management (sync) of Safari/Firefox bookmarks instead of having to import bookmarks into the app separately.
probably good for beginners but fails to be effective in massive bookmarking. right now i'm importing 7000 bookmarks with tags+notes
webbla crashed at 4000. restart, crash at 6200. more than 6 hours have passed and we're not there yet
tag scrolling is ineffective with 2000+ tags
what is webbla for if not for massive bookmarking?
if you do less, go with shovebox. if you do more, try webnote
The only thing that I miss is the Delicious integration.
@brat : Not really. Still no tagging there.
ugh sorry guys, but looks like safari 4 will kill this app
Good visually, good for importing a library for del.icio.us, but it's really missing integration with FF and Safari.
I just miss a Delicious.com support
This application is fantastic for organizing bookmarks. Easily tag and search and organize into folders, but also get visual reminders of what exactly you were looking at.


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- Feb 24:
- Oscars 2013: Live coverage from the 85th annual Academy Awards
- Oscars 2013 predictions: Is it 'Argo' vs. 'Lincoln'?
- Oscars 2013: Critics from across the country make picks in major categories
- Feb 22:
- Oscars 2013: Ethan Hawke rips Academy Awards
- Oscars 2013: Five things we hope will happen Sunday night
- Around the Remote: Seth MacFarlane hosts Oscars bash; 'Duck Dynasty' returns
- Feb 21:
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- Oscars 2013: A theater man casts his design eye on the Academy Awards
- Oscars 2013: Best picture contenders produce $2 billion box office bounty
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- Oscars 2013: A playlist of memorable 'Best Original Song' winners
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- Want to Win an Oscar? Better set your film overseas
- Oscars 2013: An unsettling 'The Gatekeepers' in tight documentary race
- Oscars 2013: Oscar voting closes after fierce studio campaigns
- Oscars 2013: Will Kimmel hit another post-Oscar home run?
- Feb 19:
- Oscars 2013: Best Picture-inspired cocktails draw on mixologists creativity
- Oscars 2013: Why 'Argo' and Ben Affleck are going to win
- Oscars 2013: Can Seth MacFarlane save the show?
Every year, the folks behind the Oscar telecast promise a show that's livelier, funnier, hipper, shorter ... and yet they never deliver. Here are five things we'd do to fix the show:
1. Inject some girl power: Hire Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as hosts. They were a hilarious hit at the Golden Globes and play so well together.
2. Jazz up those speeches: Hollywood has assistants for everything. It's time to assign a speech writer to each award nominee so we can avoid those long, boring laundry lists of names.
3. Dump some categories: Let the behind-the-scenes techie nerds have their own night to themselves. Our rule: If you've never appeared on screen, we don't want you on ours.
4. Get back to five best-picture nominees: Nine or 10 films are too many to care about and it takes too much time to honor them all. Less is more.
5. Always have Jack Nicholson in the front row: This is a must. No exceptions. Even if the Lakers are playing across town.
Read Chuck Barney's TV blog at http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/category/tv and follow him at http://twitter.com/chuckbarney.


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To every end there is a beginning. I know that sounds cheesy but it is often true. My closest friend got married last week and it is an end to her Baltimore life and a new beginning for her as a married New Yorker.
I need to give some background and why i'm sharing with the world about this wedding. You see this wasn't just Nechama Dina's wedding this was MY Nechama Dina's wedding. Yes i'm taking claim.
Have you ever met someone that is so selfless that it often blows you away? This is my Nechama Dina. Have you ever met someone that would give you the world and expect nothing in return? This is my Nechama Dina. I only met her a few years ago when she became my assistant teacher, she was a young girl full of energy and great ideas ( and an awesome organizer). Now she is a wife.
She is 10 years younger than me and has always felt like my sister , and trust me she didn't need another sister she has 9 others, but she had no choice in the matter.
Nechama Dina has been with me in some of my hardest times. She has spent many long hospital nights sleeping on the hospital floor with me, because i wouldn't leave Rozie's side.
She spent many nights sleeping in a stiff hospital chair next to my bed when i was at my worst mentally and physically , and she still came the next day even when i probably wasn't so kind to her or anybody else the night before ( chemo can make you a monster).
I couldn't go to her engagement party because i was too weak and sick from my treatments , that was heartbreaking for me. But because this is Nechama Dina she showed up at my house after her party with her chassan ( groom) and we had our own party on my deck on that beautiful warm summer night.
My children love her as if her blood runs through their veins and even though she isn't an actual relative don't tell them because they have no doubt in their minds that she is their aunt and her new husband is their uncle.
When it was time for her wedding Hashem blessed me with my "miracle" and my energy came back quickly. I did everything i could for her, and i wish i could of done more. We went to flower appointments, and shopping for outfits.
We picked out her wig together and I helped her put it on ( a few times , it takes practice people).
I did her centerpieces and helped her with colors. I wish i could have done more.
Nechama Dina isn't here anymore she moved to New York to start her new life as a wife, and Baltimore feels a little empty. Thank Hashem Crown Heights is only a few hours away.
( all my Crown Heights readers, if you see MY Nechama Dina on the streets make sure you say Mazel Tov, she deserves it)


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Robert J. Brooks, 30, of 2761 County Road 10, Canandaigua, was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, said Ontario County sheriff's deputies.
The suspect allegedly was in possession of 20 bags of heroin and 10 bags of cocaine, deputies said. Each bag was individual sized, police added. The arrest was made following a traffic stop at the intersection of County Road 46 and County Road 10.
Brooks was sent to the Ontario County Jail on $25,000 cash bail and $50,000 bail bond. He will return to the Hopewell Town Court at a later date.
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Pauline O. Worley, 82, passed away November 3, 2012. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Thos. Shepherd and Son Funeral Directors.
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NB : please read all my message, wrtitten in 2 phases ! ':P'
I just had a big frustration : I was working on my project with QCAD 18.104.22.168 Pro, made a lot of modifications, regularly saved them. Before thinking about my next changes, I saved my file say at 19:00.
While I was preparing my next changes, my Windows XP sp3 went asleep with its screen saver.
When I came back on my keyboard, this screen saver was still operational. The QCAD window was showing "attention request" in the taskbar (as usual if I'm working with another application).
I opened the QCAD window and surprise, most of my changes were gone, some of the layers too, my last modifications between 18:14 and 19:00 were lost even if I saved them at 19:00. ':evil:'
So I lost my work, including layers made a few days ago and not expressly deleted. The last saved file showed 18:14 ?. I made a search : no more recent files nowhere on my hard disk.
I don't understand !
Has someone someting to say about QCAD deleting changes and saving older versions withoiut user request ?
Michel, dégouté... end of first part
While I was writing this post, I switched to the QCAD to check its version : and big surprise : all my last modifications were there... ':shock:'
Apparently nothing lost. And I can swear I had no 2 QCQD sessions, with the most recent one hidden in the taskbar ?
Again I don't understand ! and I'm not drunken or too much tired or dreaming. ':?'
Just to inform you about this strange case, even if I know as an IT professionnal that IT software is always some kind of a mystery.
Michel, abasourdi ':?:'


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13 Nov 2006
The vision of quieter and more environmentally friendly flying comes a step closer as researchers unveiled their revolutionary concept.
06 Nov 2006
Professor Thomas O'Rourke the Thomas R. Briggs Professor of Engineering at Cornell University will be giving a lecture here at the Department of Engineering on hurricane Katrina.
Professor Calestous Juma delivered The Royal Academy of Engineering's 2006 Hinton Lecture on 'Redesigning African Economies'.
30 Oct 2006
The Department's MPhil in Sustainable Development has a bumper crop of 36 students this year from almost as many countries.
The Department is opening its doors on 29 November 2006 to showcase the world-leading research of its Information Engineering Division.
25 Oct 2006
Dr Michael Sutcliffe and colleagues are studying the material, known as plaque, which is deposited on the walls of arteries that causes Atherosclerosis.
18 Oct 2006
The Department's Engineering Design Centre (EDC) has recently been awarded a major grant for a project on inclusive design titled "Extending active living through more effective design".
09 Oct 2006
Zoubin Ghahramani, Professor of Information Engineering is one of 12 winners of a Microsoft Live Labs research award.
04 Oct 2006
The Department's Professor Daniel Wolpert has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Programme Grant to study the computations the brain performs when controlling our movements.
27 Sep 2006
A group of ambitious students from the Department have set themselves a sky-high goal – to launch a rocket into space for under £1000.


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The only thing more ubiquitous than bell-ringing Santas in December are the Top 10 lists that accompany the New Year's festivities. There's something about "Auld Lang Syne," perhaps, that compels us to look back and track the peaks and valleys of the past year, the hottest new restaurants, most jaw-dropping movies and best of every other genre.
We're hardly immune -- and when it comes to the Bay Area's food scene, one thing's clear, whiskey lounges, Peruvian fare, homemade pop tarts and fictional food were among the top culinary trends of 2012.
What began with a few artisan distillers, including Alameda's St. George Spirits, crafting small-batch liquid amber has turned into a full-fledged Bay Area whiskey obsession with a new wave of craft distillers, whiskey lounges -- such as Oakland's District -- and whiskey tastings and clubs. Local distillers are using artisanal models inspired by cognac, winemaking and eau de vie, or fruit brandy. Even Concannon Vineyards in Livermore has gotten in on the action with a special Concannon Irish Whiskey aged in old petite sirah barrels.
Now the idea of whiskey flights -- three or four small pours to offer a sampling -- is spreading. American Oak in Alameda offered rye, bourbon and scotch flights this summer, and we're starting to see mezcal and tequila flights popping up, too. Could gin flights be far behind?
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5. Fictional food, such as dishes inspired by "The Hunger Games"
7. Mini-desserts (not just mini-cupcakes!)
8. Savory melon
9. Gluten-free expands (just in time for the holidays!)
11. British food (thanks in part to the Olympics and "Downton Abbey")
12. Blogger cookbooks (including one from Michael Natkin of Herbivoracious fame)


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Tuesday's slate of three games in the Bill O'Dell Baseball Tournament was washed out due to rain, but all three games will be played on Wednesday at Carl Lewton Stadum.
Mt. Vernon and Lamar will play at 2 p.m., followed by Seneca and Carl Junction at 4:30 p.m. and Carthage and Monett at 7 p.m.
Also postponed Tuesday due to weather were a home game between the Carthage girls soccer team and Republic, and a freshman and sophomore track and field meet at Neosho. Neither have been rescheduled yet.
Carthage is ranked 9th in Class 5 in the latest Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association poll, while Monett is ranked 10th in Class 4. Mt. Vernon is ranked 9th in Class 4, and Nevada received votes in Class 4.
Monday's results: Nevada 8, Webb City 1; Mt. Vernon 6, Monett 5; Carthage 9, Lamar 1.
Thursday's schedule: Lamar vs Monett at 2 p.m., Nevada vs Seneca at 4:30 p.m. and Webb City vs Carl Junction at 7 p.m.
Friday's schedule: Mt. Vernon vs Carthage at 2 p.m., Carl Junction vs Nevada at 4:30 p.m. and Seneca vs Webb City at 7 p.m.
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The start of the year is always a time to think about both what can be accomplished as well as the challenges ahead. That's what PhRMA president & CEO John Castellani does in the most recent issues of Chain Drug Review.
However, Castellani wants to think longer-term. While acknowledging a number of immediate challenges confronting America's biopharmaceutical research industry, Castellani writes:
"...it is time to look beyond on-year or even 10-year time frames. With due respect to the "Year Ahead" convention, policy advocates and lawmakers must take a longer view of biopharmaceutical innovation and its value for patients, our health system and our economy."


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Just discovered ps3ms and it is really GREAT! Wow!
Mov videos I've previously struggled to transcode so wmp would handle them now play wonderfully, with no fuss at all!
I'm sure I've missed earlier, more basic technical discussions. Is there anywhere where some more info on how to use it/what's going on are described? e.g.
1) In video directories I've shared to ps3ms, when I navigate there on the ps3, I see a choice of the original file(s) e.g. myvideo.mov[mplayer], plus there appears a new subdirectory #--transcoded--# with the same file names and often some additional ones (with the audio I guess). Should I play the original file? the one in the transcode directory? What's the difference? What about those other files?
2) are the #--transcoded--# directories virtual? temporary?
3) I see some temporary files remain (on my windows system, in ps3ms temp directories). This appeared to only relate to some of the "web" photo files. Any more info about these? where/who do they come from?


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- May 30:
- DA: No charges in fatal friendly-fire shooting of BART police detective
- Jan 29:
- BART police shooting: Family offers message of grief and gratitude
- BART police shooting: Thousands mourn at funeral for slain police sergeant
- Jan 28:
- BART police shooting: Hundreds come to pay respects to slain officer at visitation
- Jan 27:
- BART police shooting: Officers required to get written approval before future searches
- Jan 25:
- Police: Media reports on details of fatal shooting of BART sergeant last week 'inaccurate'
- Jan 24:
- BART officer shooting: Detective who killed partner was a 'by the book' careful cop, family says
- Herhold: Some thoughts about the BART police tragedy
- Jan 22:
- Reforms didn't prepare BART police for latest tragedy
- 'Stay safe': Brothers' last words to BART officer killed on duty
- BART police shooting: Still unclear whether fellow officer mistook sergeant for threat
- Mercury News editorial: BART officer's tragic death cries out for answers
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- BART police sergeant shot and killed by fellow officer during search in Dublin
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- BART police officer fatally shot by fellow officer during apartment search
OAKLAND -- A BART police officer killed during an apartment search Tuesday died from a single gunshot wound after a lone round passed through a small gap in the bulletproof vest he was wearing -- an extraordinarily rare outcome that compounded the tragedy of his death by friendly fire.
An autopsy performed on Sgt. Tom Smith Jr., 42, showed the lone bullet missed the 23-year veteran's vest and struck him in the chest, said Sgt. J.D. Nelson, an Alameda County Sheriff's Office spokesman who referenced a pathologist's initial findings in a statement Thursday.
"Wearing a vest doesn't always afford someone 100 percent protection," said Nelson, who did not disclose the exact location where the bullet struck Smith. Most bulletproof vests have small areas -- at the base of the neck and under the arms -- where they do not completely cover an officer's torso.
Studies have shown that deaths like Smith's are uncommon: A 2002 congressional report estimated that the risk of dying from gunfire is 14 times higher for an officer not wearing a ballistic vest. An FBI report found that of 23 police officers who were killed with a firearm while wearing a bulletproof vest in 2012, only three were struck somewhere other than the head.
Bay Area police officers say that even with the added protection of a bulletproof vest, risks await them when they go out on duty.
"Every moment of every day ... the fear of getting shot is there," said Richmond police Sgt. Nicole Abetkov. "It is something that is always in the back of your mind. You just never know.
"(Vests) are a necessity, obviously, but the thing about it is that they don't stop every type of round. They have to fit properly. It's an added security measure."
Although the Sheriff's Office confirmed Smith's cause of death Thursday, investigators have refused to publicly address how the shooting unfolded -- particularly whether the other officer mistook Smith for a threat or if his handgun went off accidentally.
Nelson said seven BART officers and a Dublin police officer converged on the robbery suspect's apartment on Dougherty Road around 2 p.m. Tuesday. They knocked twice on the door, but no one answered.
Finding the door unlocked, five BART officers, including Smith, stepped in. All five officers were wearing bulletproof vests, investigators have said; all were in plain clothes, not uniforms.
Not knowing whether anyone was inside the apartment, officers followed protocol and entered with their guns drawn, Nelson said.
Investigators have not disclosed what happened next. After the shooting, Smith was taken to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, where he was pronounced dead.
Addressing a very somber meeting of the BART board of directors Thursday morning, BART police Chief Kenton Rainey urged the directors to wait for answers on the fatal shooting of Smith until the internal investigation is complete.
"Obviously, something went wrong and we will not hide from the truth," Rainey said. "Whatever comes out, comes out. We will make whatever necessary changes."
At the pressing of BART Director Robert Raburn, the chief confirmed that two uniformed BART officers on the scene had video cameras on their lapels. The video was turned over to the Sheriff's Office. The chief said he didn't know if the cameras contained data but that the video would be used in the internal investigation, as well as separate probes by the Sheriff's Office and the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.
"As in any case in which an officer-involved shooting results in the death of a person, the DA's office conducts a parallel investigation," Alameda County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Teresa Drenick said. "In this case we are conducting an investigation. The investigation is ongoing, and I cannot comment further."
Rainey said he had spoken to Smith's family and the officer who fired the fatal shot. He described the officer as "doing well but upset."
Rainey has said he will not name the officer who shot Smith until next week, to give him and his family time to cope with the tragedy. That officer has been placed on administrative leave with pay for an undetermined amount of time, Deputy Chief Benson Fairow said Thursday.
According to the department's policy manual, there is no set time frame that he is required to return to duty. BART also makes mental health counseling available to employees in cases such as this.
Sources have said that Officer Michael Maes is the colleague who shot Smith. Maes' attorney, David Mastagni, said his client has complied with every aspect of the ongoing investigation into Tuesday's shooting. Mastagni declined to comment on the specifics of the case.
"The officers involved were both good friends," the Sacramento-based attorney said. "The police community is like a family ... the person you work with is the closest part of your family. This is a tragedy from everyone's point of view.
"(Maes') deep concern is for Officer Smith's family," Mastagni said.
Smith was the first officer killed in the line of duty in the BART Police Department's 42-year history. He leaves behind his wife, Kellie -- also a BART officer he met on the job -- and their 6-year-old daughter.
Staff writers Lisa Vorderbrueggen, Katie Nelson and Malaika Fraley contributed to this report.
Funeral services
A public viewing will be held for slain BART police Sgt. Tom Smith from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Chapel of the Chimes, 32992 Mission Blvd., Hayward. Public funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Neighborhood Church of Castro Valley, 20600 John Drive.
How to help
A memorial fund for the family of slain BART police Sgt. Tom Smith has been set up. Deposits can be made at any Wells Fargo Bank for account number: 5148561086. They can also be mailed to The Tommy Smith Memorial Fund C/O Wells Fargo, 11020 Bollinger Canyon Road, Suite 1, San Ramon, CA 94582.


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ROCK HILL, SC -- Andre Rodriguez was named the South Atlantic Conference Baseball Player of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday. Rodriguez will add this to the week's tally which included being crowned with Railsplitter of the Week honors on Monday morning.
Rodriguez, a 5'11 senior hailing from Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, was named the SAC Player of the Week after leading the Railsplitters to a 3-1 week, including a 2-1 series victory over league-foe Anderson over the weekend. Rodriguez compiled a .444 batting average over that span with eight hits, eight RBI, two doubles and a triple.
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On Friday, the Railsplitters were dealt a 9-7 loss to the Trojans in the SAC opener, however, Rodriguez went four-for-five at the dish with a double, a triple and two RBI. He continued to flourish offensively on Saturday, as he went two-for-five in game one and one-for-four in game two. In that two-game stretch, Andre compiled three runs, three RBI and a double to lead the 'Splitters to a pair of victories in Anderson, South Carolina.
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- Mar 12:
- Tesoro bashed for dropping worker-safety programs at Contra Costa refinery where acid spills occurred
- Mar 11:
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Consider shutdown if Tesoro Refinery doesn't change attitude
- Mar 10:
- Statement from U.S. Chemical Safety Board on Tesoro
- Martinez: Tesoro workers injured in acid spill, second in a month
- Feb 24:
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Tesoro undermines refinery industry credibility
- Feb 21:
- Tesoro thwarts federal investigators from probing recent refinery accident near Martinez
- Feb 12:
- Martinez: Two workers at Tesoro refinery injured in acid spill
MARTINEZ -- Federal chemical safety officials sent a sharply worded letter to Tesoro CEO Gregory Goff on Wednesday alleging that officials at the company's oil refinery near Martinez have violated federal law in blocking investigators from the site of a sulfuric acid release that burned two workers.
Three U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigators showed up a day after the Feb. 12 incident and initially gained access, but Tesoro's lawyers raised "jurisdictional challenges" and forced the investigators to leave, said Dan Horowitz, the CSB's managing director.
In the letter sent Wednesday, the agency's three-member board alleged several violations of the federal statute governing the safety board, including "refusing to permit the CSB to return to the site, refusing to preserve the site, prohibiting the conduct of certain interviews and indicating that you will not comply with a duly issued document subpoena and other document requests."
Two workers suffered injuries in the acid spill at the Tesoro Golden Eagle Refinery. The workers were airlifted to UC Davis Medical Center and treated for first- and second-degree burns and released, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
In a prepared statement released Feb. 21, Tesoro spokeswoman Melissa Flynn said the company was "surprised" that CSB intended to investigate the incident, which she said resulted in "minor chemical burns" to two employees.
"Tesoro has decided that it must respectfully decline to participate in the CSB's review due to their lack of authority in this particular instance," Flynn wrote.
Federal law gives CSB power to investigate "any accidental release resulting in a fatality, serious injury or substantial property damages," according to the legislative code that appears on the agency's website.
Further, the CSB "is authorized to conduct research and studies with respect to the potential for accidental releases, whether or not an accidental release has occurred, where there is evidence which indicates the presence of a potential hazard or hazards."
"(The burns) absolutely constitute serious injuries," the CSB letter read.
Flynn did not comment Wednesday, saying in an email that Tesoro had received the letter and is "in the process of reviewing it."
The CSB has filed a subpoena to force Tesoro to comply with the investigation and turn over records related to the accident. Tesoro must respond to the subpoena by March 7, Horowitz said.
"The action taken by Tesoro in preventing lawfully authorized CSB investigators from performing their official duties calls into question why Tesoro has taken this unprecedented action," the CSB board wrote. "It creates a real concern that Tesoro may be trying to withhold other facts and issues from the agency."
Tesoro has also come under fire from The United Steelworkers over the incident. The union earlier this week issued a statement demanding that management at Tesoro"develop a comprehensive, cohesive safety program."
"Tesoro management trivialized the extent of the workers' injuries to establish jurisdictional defense specifically to avoid the scrutiny of U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) and other agencies," USW International Vice President Gary Beevers said in the statement. "Management's platitudes about operating safely have been exposed, as constant downward pressure to produce continues to threaten workers, their communities and the environment."
Contact Robert Rogers at 510-262-2726. Follow him at Twitter.com/SFBaynewsrogers.


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Monday, 9th July, 2012, 05:00 AM #1
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Working in the Game Mine
What roles do story and mechanics play in your game? Mike takes a look at both in terms of monsters and how DMs approach their games this week.
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Interesting, as long as they keep the role/level off the top of the creature description I'm happy, I don't want the first thing in a creature description to be its roll, I find that in game terms it's arbitrary and immersion breaking.
I hate it when my players say "oh it's probably a controller so attack it's fort", totally turn me off.
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So as I read it, the MM will be free of technical terms. But maybe there is an appendix, where roles are applied to the monsters.
Seems totally right.
I could also imagine PC classes having no technical description of their role, but an appendix later telling you what the class is good at.
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As long as the level, XP, and monster role is on the monster page, am okay with it.
I still will never get what is so offensive about having mechanical encounter information on the monster's page.
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The article is interesting and insightful, but I think it misses an additional level of divide which actually goes a bit beyond monster design. I agree that both approaches (the monster make sense in the game world / the monster makes a good challenge if the DM wants that approach to his adventure design) can be made compatible, but there are players and DMs who either want a more simulationist approach to design and other who precisely don't want that. The second group appreciate the freedom it gives to antagonist design, the first like the logical approach to the game world and how everything makes sense.
Continuing with the Bob example, he may have stolen the power from an elemental lord; that's good enough for the second approach which for the sake of convenience and not with any intention of edition slapfight I'll call 4e approach. For them, Bob can be a solo with four times the hit points of a normal human and an AC of 35 while wearing non magical robes because that's the AC he needs so he's an acceptable challenge and nobody bats an eye.
The other camp, which I'll name the 3e approach doesn't like that. How exactly does one steal power from an elemental lord, and can a PC do that? Is it a Elemental Lords' Power Thief prestige class? A Steal Power From Elemental Lords spell? What spell-like abilities does he need to get the AC I need so he's not Power Attacked into negatives in a single round? How many feats he's entitled to? And if Bob is a mage, you have some freedom on how many hit point does he have if you're geneous with his Con score and handwave an extra powerful False life spells or whatnot, but he won't have 4 times the hit points of a PC because that's not how the universe behaves.
Both Bobs can have an interesting and consistent backstory and simultaneously work well as a combat challenge, but one approach isn't going to sit well with either group.
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I was not happy with this idea. IF they do this then every monster book needs a DMG to go with it. I want my controler, solder, lurker info to help me build encounters, but if i need dmg for that, and an MM for the stats that sucks...
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Oh dear.
Do. Both.This point is where things could diverge. In one approach, we explain Bob's ability to conjure whirlwinds because he once conquered a region of the elemental plane of air, slew a mighty elemental prince of storms, and claimed his powers. In the other approach, we tell you that Bob is a controller, and because of that he has abilities that allow him to move people around in a fight.
The adventure should almost certainly tell the DM that Bob can control winds because of that elemental thing. But it should also tell the DM that Bob is a Controller.
It's like the selection of a PC's class - the player probably chose Fighter because he wants his character to be good at hitting things, and that's the appropriate class for that.
(And yeah, to an extent that's circular logic. Did the player choose Fighter because he fancied playing that class, and the "hit things" come after, or did he want to "hit things" and so chose Fighter? It doesn't actually matter - the bottom line is that the player has a Fighter and he's good at "hitting things"... and his character sheet notes both.)
Again, why can't they have both? The 4e MM did a really good job in presenting several different types of orcs/goblins/drow/whatever, each with different roles to reflect their place in their appropriate societies. The 4e MM went wrong in that it tended to skimp on background details, but that doesn't mean you drop the mechanical expression of the roles, it means you add the 'missing' background stuff.I believe that we can use both approaches, as long as we're mindful of how and why we're doing it. An entry in a book like the Monster Manual might be driven entirely by the first approach. The entry frames everything in terms of story and the immersive elements of the world of D&D. Monsters don't have roles, they have backstories and cultures.
After all, an Ogre is not going to be any less a Brute just because the MM doesn't list him as such.
For maximum utility, include both monster backstory and the monster roles.
Fair enough...On the other hand, our encounter-building guidelines should speak to our more technical-minded DMs. We give crystal clear advice on how to balance encounters.
Ah I see. Put it in the Monster Manual, in the entries for each monster. That way, when you add more monsters, you don't have to print revised tables, and end up with wasted pages in the DMG.We give you a list of every creature and tell you what it's best at.
Or, and this is a radical thought, you could provide storytelling guidance to such DMs. Take the time to talk to them about pacing, and character motivations, and all the rest. Explain to them different types of encounters (speedbumps, overwhelming encounters, etc), how they each fit into the story and how each can be used to a different effect.The story DM rolls on random encounter charts or just picks the creature that feels right.
The 4e DMG, to its credit, at least tried to do this. Sadly, it largely failed (IMO). But here's a suggestion: Ari Marmell has done significant work for you in the past. He also has significant credits with White Wolf's Storyteller/ing systems. Why not leverage that expertise and have him write some guidelines for you?
I agree 100% with the principle of what you're trying to achieve. I'm just not 100% sure you're going about it the best way.Do you start with a list of monsters by level and role, or do you flip through a book looking for creatures that are greedy and foolish enough to strike an alliance with a cleric of Cyric? When the characters head to the Amedio jungle, is your first impulse to sort creatures by their typical climate and geographic territory, or would you happily reskin a yeti into a jungle brute if you liked the yeti's mechanics? If we're doing our job right, it doesn't matter which approach you prefer. The game supports both without making one or the other feel wrong.
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4E innovated and did a lot right with monster and encounter design from a mechanical standpoint. However, from a literary standpoint (ie, setting/lore) it was about as evocative as drying paint. The point Mike is making is that both mechanics and lore have merit, but more importantly both have a place where they are important.
The obvious question being asked is this: what is the main focus of a monster's entry in the MM? Is it their individual mechanics (ie, stat-block)? Is it their broad mechanics (ie role)? Is it their literary description (ie, lore)? Or should all three hold equal weight? A more subtle question is: what is the purpose of the MM? Is it a collection of literary nuggets? Is it a collection of purely mechanical stats? Is it a method by which to build encounters and adventures?
For my part, I feel the answer is that the MM has to be all three in roughly equal balance. To that end, a monster's stat-block has to include mechanics, lore, and "meta-mechanics." Does the latter need to be as overt (and frankly, rigid) as 4E? No. However, I think having a "Role" entry in the stat-block is appropriate in aiding how a monster can be incorporated into an encounter, in the same manner as having lore or stats is appropriate. The entry should contain everything needed to run the monster, and that includes its mechanical interactions on a broader scale.


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Jaguar Land Rover's stellar results highlight what's best about the U.K. auto industry but also underscore how important it is for the U.K. to keep premium car manufacturers such as Jaguar Land Rover and BMW investing in this country rather than taking their business elsewhere.
The premium sector which includes Bentley, Aston Martin and Rolls Royce as well as JLR and BMW has grown significantly driven by export demand from brand conscious buyers in emerging markets. For example, 92% of Rolls Royce and 83% of JLR's production went overseas while BMW exported 81% of its Minis, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
All these manufacturers are in foreign ownership but continue to invest in facilities here – £6 billion ($9.6 billion) over the past year alone – drawn by a relatively flexible labor market, investor-friendly tax regime and reservoir of engineering skills, which is key to the production of an ever-increasing number of premium models.
Tata Motors Jaguar Land Rover posted net profit of 305 million pounds ($487.67 million), an increase of 77% from a year earlier, for the second-quarter. This included a 29% increase in retail sales.
"Jaguar Land Rover will continue to invest in its products, plants and will drive further growth by spending in the region of £2 billion across the financial year," CEO Dr. Ralf Speth said.
All is not rosy though and the industry risks becoming a victim of its own success because its rapid growth has exposed cracks in the supply chain, in particular that credit-starved parts suppliers are hard-pressed to keep up with auto makers.
Indeed just recently Dr. Speth warned that the industry's renaissance will only be sustainable if the U.K. creates a better investment environment in particular to rebuild the supply chain.
U.K. car manufacturers have identified £3 billion a year that they would like to spend with U.K. suppliers that they are unable to either because capacity is too low or the expertise isn't available.
"Instead the manufacturers are spending it mainly with European suppliers but this is more costly in terms of transport, tax and currency," said John Leech U.K. Head of Automotive at KPMG.
Mr. Leech said that the spend is likely to grow because the number of cars made here is set to grow from 1.3 million in 2011 to over 2 million by 2015, according to figures from the SMMT. Just under half the annual spend is for the premium sector but this is becoming a bigger part, Mr. Leech said.
U.K. suppliers have traditionally relied on banks for finance but the rapid growth in demand has coincided with the massive withdrawal by banks as they focus on maintaining capital reserves. Meanwhile the government, keen to nurture one of the few growing U.K. industries, is in active talks with the industry and the banks in an attempt to break the deadlock.
"It is a huge opportunity that exists in the motoring industry but the impasse needs to be addressed," said Richard Burden MP, Chair of the Parliamentary All Party Motor Group.
Mr. Burden said that the structure for finance in industry is not as cohesive as say in Germany and that although the relationship between banks and car manufacturers is getting closer there is still some way to go. "Banks would say they are lending more and ideally would like the manufacturers to finance their suppliers upfront to manage the growth in volume but there is also room for more flexibility on the part of bank," Mr. Burden said.
Banks for their part say that they remain interested in the sector but feel that the manufacturers could do more to help suppliers.
"There is a ready supply of finance where the supplier has already shipped the components and is waiting for payment," said Mike Rigby, head of manufacturing, transport and logistics at Barclays.
"The more difficult area is tooling where the production has a gestation period of up to two years and the supplier doesn't own the asset or the intellectual property that could be used as collateral – some OEMs [original equipment manufacturers] offer part payment along the way but others won't pay until final production," Mr. Rigby said.


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Brookside School will present "Honk Jr."this week in collaboration with Stockton Civic Theatre.
The play is a retelling of the story of the ugly duckling.
Performances are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $5 and are on sale in the school office.
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Asia Pacific Economic Outlook, June 2013
Taiwan's growth continues to be lackluster due to weak demand for exports and poor domestic consumption. Despite policy measures to revive the economy, growth is likely to languish during the year.
Taiwan's trade-dependent economy continues to struggle with lackluster growth, due to weak demand for its exports, even as domestic consumption also performs poorly. GDP growth for the first quarter this year was 1.7 percent year over year, similar to the 1.3 percent growth for the whole of 2012 but far lower than the 3.3 percent growth predicted for Q1 2013 by government agencies. While the government is taking a series of policy measures to revive the economy, including launching a stimulus program, growth is likely to be limited to the 2–3 percent range for the year.
Exports account for nearly three-quarters of the Taiwanese GDP and have been significantly challenged by the slowdown in the United States, European Union, and more recently China. The situation has been exacerbated by the depreciation of currencies in Japan and South Korea, Taiwan's competitors in the electronics market, who together account for 28 percent of Taiwanese exports. In Q1 2013, Taiwan's trade balance shrank a sharp 63 percent year over year, as exports grew just 2 percent compared to a 4 percent expansion in imports. Exports were hit by a 6 percent year-over-year decline in sales to the United States and European Union (19 percent of exports). With April 2013 sales to mainland China and Hong Kong (40 percent of exports) coming in flat, Taiwan's trade situation looks unlikely to improve significantly in the short term.
Meanwhile, domestic consumption has also stalled. While private consumption grew a low 0.3 percent year over year in Q1 2013 as a result of sluggish wage growth, government consumption fell 0.5 percent. The outlook for private and government consumption for the rest of the year is also not encouraging. As a result of subdued demand externally and internally, Taiwan's industrial production index registered its third consecutive month of year-over-year decline in April 2013. With the May 2013 purchasing managers' index coming in at 47.1, the lowest in eight months, business conditions only appear to be deteriorating further.
In order to revive the economy, the Taiwanese government unveiled an economic stimulus package of TWD 3.2 billion in May 2013 to boost consumption and investment over the next five years. The package earmarks TWD 1 billion for supporting start-up companies. Another TWD 400 million is allocated toward replacing public transport vehicles and incentivizing spending on items such as energy-efficient home appliances and cars. Projects to build a new port and expand an international airport are also being considered. Specifically to improve foreign direct investments, which fell 14.8 percent year over year in the first four months of 2013, Taiwan plans to establish five free economic zones (FEZs). The FEZs are expected to offer investors a more liberal credit, land, labor, and taxation environment. In other measures, Taiwan's cash-rich life insurance companies will now be allowed to invest in public construction projects. Visa regulations will also be eased for Chinese travelers to encourage trade and tourism.
GDP growth for the first quarter this year was 1.7 percent year over year, similar to the 1.3 percent growth for the whole of 2012 but far lower than the 3.3 percent growth predicted for Q1 2013 by government agencies.
Furthermore, Taiwan is taking several steps to bolster exports. The government is working to forge free-trade agreements (FTAs) with Singapore, New Zealand, and the United States. The FTAs are aimed at diversifying Taiwan's trade, which currently relies heavily on China, as well as countering competitor South Korea, which has already established agreements with important trade partners such as the United States and European Union. In addition, the central bank has increased US dollar purchases to prevent the Taiwanese dollar from becoming even stronger than the Japanese yen and the South Korean won.
However, the immediate impact of all these policy efforts to improve the Taiwanese economy appears limited. Not only is the stimulus program's spending spread over five years, but the success of the FEZs is also uncertain, given strong competition from established economic zones in neighboring China. In addition, the FTA with the United States, potentially the most impactful trade agreement for Taiwan, is likely a long way from materializing, due to several contentious issues such as the protectionist approach of certain segments of Taiwanese industry. Even the central bank's currency intervention measures need to be careful to avoid any sharp fall in the Taiwanese dollar, which could bloat the country's import bill and further jeopardize a trade balance already hit by sluggish exports.
Meanwhile, the government faces political challenges domestically and internationally. At home, the government's moves to expand Taiwan's nuclear power capacity and reform an ailing public-pension system by potentially hiking out-of-pocket contributions and lowering certain benefits are facing resistance. In the larger region, Taiwan's relations with the neighboring Philippines, a major trade partner, are strained over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
All in all, 2013 is a challenging year for Taiwan, as an immediate resolution of its economic or political problems appears unlikely.


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New York City
AVODAH Placement Organizations
This list is intended to give you an idea of the type of position you might have while in AVODAH. This is not the full or final list of potential positions available. Position and placement descriptions vary from year to year.
- Bronx Defenders Provides innovative, holistic, and client-centered criminal defense, family defense, civil legal services, social work support and advocacy to indigent people of the Bronx.
- Comprehensive Development, Inc., in partnership with Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School, prepares older high school students to graduate with the skills and knowledge to be successful participants in the global economy and responsible members of their community. AVODAH provides a College Advisor to Comprehensive Development, Inc.
- The Crown Heights Community Mediation Center is a unique neighborhood institution that works to improve community problem-solving, collaboration, and inter-group relations in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. AVODAH provides a Special Projects Coordinator to the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center.
- Footsteps Provides educational, vocational and social support to those seeking to enter or explore the world beyond the insular ultra-religious communities in which they were raised.
- Gay Men's Health Crisis is committed to national leadership in the fight against AIDS. Volunteers work hard to reduce the spread of HIV disease, help people with HIV maintain and improve their health and independence, and keep the prevention, treatment, and cure of HIV an urgent national and local priority. AVODAH provides a Community Organizing Coordinator to GMHC.
- The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services enhances and maintains the mental health and social functioning of individuals in the Jewish community and the broader community. AVODAH provides a Case Assistant in the Break Free Program to The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services - Kaplan Center.
- The Medicare Rights Center is the leading national, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare receive equitable access to healthcare. AVODAH provides a Healthy Advocacy Fellow to the Medicare Rights Center.
- Neighbors Together is a soup kitchen and comprehensive assistance program addressing the immediate crisis of hunger for the poorest people in the Bedford-Stuyvesant/Brownsville section of Brooklyn. AVODAH provides an Advocate to Neighbors Together.
- New York Legal Assistance Group provides free civil legal assistance to New York's most at-risk, low-income populations, including seniors, immigrants, victims of domestic violence, children with special needs, people with HIV/AIDS, survivors and families affected by the World Trade Center attack, Holocaust survivors, and others in need of legal help. AVODAH provides Paralegals to NYLAG in the Family Law Unit, General Law Unit and Immigration Protection Unit.
- Project Renewal serves the most fragile and underserved of the city's homeless: adult men and women who, in addition to being without a home, also suffer from disabilities, including alcohol and drug addiction, mental illness, and HIV/AIDS. AVODAH provides a Next Step Counselor and Teaching Assistant to Project Renewal.
- The Red Hook Community Justice Center is the nation's first multi-jurisdictional community court. The Justice Center provides alternatives to incarceration and hears criminal, family, and housing court cases arising in South Brooklyn neighborhoods. AVODAH provides a Case Manager to the Red Hook Community Justice Center.
- Sanctuary for Families empowers survivors of domestic violence in claiming control of their lives, advocates for policy changes, and raises public awareness to end violence against all women. AVODAH provides a Program Associate to Sanctuary for Families - Immigrant Intervention Project.
- STEPS to End Family Violence is dedicated to empowering families and communities through innovative strength-based programs that promote healing and social change.
- The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice is a college-preparatory school with a focus on law and justice. Classes emphasize learning by doing and center on legal studies and debate. AVODAH provides a College Access Fellow and a Student Enrichment Associate to the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice.
- The Urban Homesteading Assistance Board supports self-help housing and community building in low-income neighborhoods by training, organizing, developing, and assisting resident-controlled limited-equity housing co-operatives. AVODAH provides a Tenant Organizer to the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board.
- The Urban Justice Center provides legal representation and advocacy to poor and homeless New Yorkers. AVODAH provides two Legal Advocates to the Urban Justice Center, one to the Mental Health Project and one to the Homelessness Outreach and Prevention Project.
- West Bronx Housing and Neighborhood Resource Center Promotes and stimulates housing preservation, neighborhood stabilization, and reinvestment in the west Bronx, offering in-depth technical assistance and information to owners and tenants alike.
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Arrest after Venice store manager hit by car
Published: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 10:24 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 10:24 a.m.
A woman was arrested after reportedly stealing merchandise from a liquor store, then hitting the store manager with a car after he followed her and her companion to the parking lot on Jan. 11.
Ayesha Hill, 38, was arrested on a warrant Thursday and charged with theft.
Venice Police detectives traced the information the manager gave them to a rental car business in Sarasota. They developed enough information about the suspects to order warrants for the arrests of Hill and the other woman who was with her. The other woman, Heather Harris, 40, is still at large. Hill has a record dating back to 2006 of retail theft and fleeing from police.
The Venice Police Department is asking anyone with information about Harris' location to contact the Detective Division at (941) 486-2444.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. - With temperatures dropping and snow falling, downtown Truckee welcomes the joyous season with annual holiday events. Between Nov. 30 and Dec. 21, locals and guests alike are invited to join celebrations throughout Truckee.On Nov. 30, starting at 4:30 p.m., school children go downtown to decorate small Christmas trees with handmade ornaments. These small trees are then mounted to the lamp posts along Commercial Row for the holidays. At 5 p.m. gather the entire family in front of the California Welcome Center in the train depot for the annual "Bud Fish" tree lighting ceremony. Bud Fish, a charter member of the Rotary Club of Truckee and longtime Truckee resident helped provide and decorate a Christmas tree for downtown every year. Upon Bud's death, the Rotary Club of Truckee secured and planted a permanent living Christmas tree downtown and dedicated it in his memory, ensuring the continuation of this festive tradition. The Rotary Club partners with the American Cancer Society in welcoming the holiday season with the lighting of this memorial tree. Memorial tree ornaments can be purchased inside the Welcome Center to honor cancer survivors, or to pay tribute to the lives lost to the disease while raising money to help fight it. Join carolers to sing holiday favorite and enjoy complimentary hot cocoa and a visit from Santa himself. Following the lighting ceremony there will be a "Cocktail Bingo" event held at the downtown Community Arts Center including a raffle and silent auction. All of the proceeds from the event will go toward the town's holiday lighting costs. Throughout the winter, the Truckee Donner Merchants Association will host First Fridays events on the first Friday of every month. Downtown merchants will offer special promotions, activities, live music, food and beverages on these evenings. Throughout the month of December, downtown merchants will host holiday events every Friday evening. Guests are invited to peruse the downtown shops from 5-8 p.m. on Dec. 7 for family night, Dec. 14 for girls' night out, and Dec. 21 for couples shopping. With more than 10 new shops and eateries, including Trokay Caf, Bespoke, Sipes Tahoe, and Bluestone Jewelry, Friday holiday events lend a unique shopping and dining experience. Find more information at http://www.historictruckee.com.Beyond the downtown, shoppers can find many new shops and old-favorites when looking for that special holiday gift. From the new Bare Bones Work Wear, to sporting goods at Start Haus, Granite Chief, Porters or Paco's Ski & Bike, to the "hardware store and more" longtime favorite Mountain Hardware & Sports, holiday shopping in Truckee is always fun.Visit www.truckee.com.
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Alan Hague wrote:
I was shocked at the low turnout for Anti-Flag. I'd say there were 150 people there, as opposed to when they last came through Providence and sold out Lupo's a couple years back. These people don't know what they missed out on.
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After 20 Years, Dairy Industry Dumps 'Got Milk?'
Posted February 25th, 2014 @ 9:59am by Rob Quinn, Newser Staff
(NEWSER) – After nearly 20 years, the dairy industry has decided its "Got Milk?" slogan is nearing the end of its shelf life. Amid slumping sales and stiff competition from the likes of almond milk, the Milk Processor Education Program has switched to a campaign called "Milk Life" that aims to highlight milk's nutritional benefits, AdAge finds. The $50 million nationwide ad campaign launched yesterday focuses heavily on milk's protein content and uses everyday Americans instead of the celebrities who starred in "Got Milk" ads, reports USA Today.
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In my script there are data structures that are visible to users. I want to have german umlauts in there. QCAD windows and QCAD linux use different charsets. All recent linux enviromnents default to utf-8, while windows (even 7) use something different.
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- Nov 7:
- Purdy: Stanford's 'Nerd Nation' had all the answers against Oregon
- Stanford offensive line flexes muscle in toppling Oregon Ducks
- Nov 7:
- Kawakami: Stanford has Oregon seeing red -- again
- Stanford too much for No. 2 Oregon
- John Elway's No. 7 retired at halftime of Stanford Cardinal's game against Oregon Ducks
- Wilner: Stanford-Oregon primer, and a prediction
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- Stanford, Oregon hook up in Pac-12 game of the year
- Nov 5:
- Stanford, Oregon coaches forge a friendship
RECORDS: Stanford 7-1, 5-1 Pac-12. Oregon 8-0, 5-0.
KICKOFF: 6 p.m. at Stanford Stadium.
SERIES HISTORY: Stanford leads 45-30-1.
STORYLINES: The winner takes control of the North division race and remains in the hunt for a berth in the national championship game. ... The teams have split the past four meetings, with the road team winning the last two. ... The Cardinal will attempt to slow Oregon with a depleted defensive line: One starting end, Ben Gardner, is out; the other, Henry Anderson, is returning from a six-game absence. ... Stanford sophomore quarterback Kevin Hogan struggled in October but is undefeated against ranked teams, winning all seven career starts. ... Oregon sophomore quarterback Marcus Mariota can strengthen his grip on the Heisman Trophy race with a top-notch performance. ... The Cardinal has won 13 consecutive home games, the third-longest streak in the nation. Its last home loss was to Oregon in 2011.
INJURY UPDATE: Stanford -- DE Ben Gardner (pectoral) is out. K Jordan Williamson (leg) is probable. DE Henry Anderson (knee) and WR Devon Cajuste (knee) will play.
MATCHUP TO WATCH: Stanford receiver Ty Montgomery vs. Oregon cornerback Ifo Ekpre-Olomu. One of the Pac-12's top playmakers against the league's best cornerback. Montgomery is Hogan's favorite target, especially in pressure situations. If Ekpre-Olomu contains Montgomery in man-to-man coverage, the Ducks will have an extra defender to devote to stopping Stanford's running game and pressuring Hogan.
STATS THAT MATTER: Stanford is 11-1 at home against ranked teams since the start of 2009. ... Oregon leads the Pac-12 in turnover margin (plus-1.62 per game). Stanford is tied for eighth (even). ... Mariota has not thrown an interception this season. ... Montgomery is second in the nation in kickoff returns (32.5 yards per return). ... The Ducks have scored touchdowns on 71 percent of their red zone opportunities. Stanford's conversion rate is 63 percent.


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Used in midwestern United States mortuaries to describe long deceased but yet to be embalmed females.
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very cool, expressing extreme coolness.. started with gay little english school girls, but there pussys so we took their word,..and..brought it to..america.
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The living room is very spacious and ideal for you to relax after a long day of sightseeing in the city. It has a comfortable sofa and a wide screen TV. The sofa can be used as a sofa bed where 1 person can sleep on it. The dining area is adjacent to the living room. It is perfect for a convivial dinner as the dining table can suit up to 4 people. It also has access to an extensive communal garden and a large south-facing roof terrace.
The open plan kitchen, which is very modern and clean, includes an oven, dishwasher, washing machine and all kitchen utensils you will need for your stay. Everything you need to feel like you brought your own home to vacation!
The bedroom is bright and comfortable with storage spaces where you can store all your belongings.
The clean and modern en-suite bathroom has a nice shower and some storage places.
Towels and bed linens are provided !
It is a perfect flat for 3 people!
We would be more than happy to welcome you in your home away from home !
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Perfect :)) Nice apartment
very clean flat and everything was great!
we would gladly come back another time!
very nice appartment, excellent communication with FG....gladly again :)
Great apartment . Just refurbished and very close to the tube station. We were 6 people and every thing was fine. I recommend this place.
The location of this apartment was great, just in front of the Louvre and quiet!
The apartment itself was clean, the beds ok, but the bathroom has no window and the air circulation was poor in this room. So you can imagine the smell... Plus we couldn't use the sink, because the pipe was blocked somehow... The kitchen was equipped well, though we didnt cook... The fridge good, though the freezer box without a door. We stayed with two kids aged 11 and 13, all in all mediocre (agent himself didnt show up, no information about surroundings in the app., didnt know where to bring the rubbish.... But you have to say, the location was superb, so please fix some things in the bathroom!
The flat is in a good location, in a quiet street but still central. Unfortunately, this is obviously not a private flat but one that is only rented out by a company. Although everything existed as in the description, the flat has only had a minimal clean for many months and has been neglected ( mouldy washing machine, broken and dusty blinds, only one of four lightbulbs in the bathroom working to name but a few problems). A shame, with a little attention it woud be a great place to stay.
Nice apartament, Nice People FG. I recommend it.
The property was not as advertised. Very below standard, both bedrooms had mold/mildew and water damage. Lights coming out of the bathroom ceiling due to water leakage. Lights in bathroom and kitchen did not work. Bathroom dark. Linens old and worn, 1 thin towel per person. Cleaning not up to standard. Wimdu did not solve these issues to my satisfaction.
Very good service and information. Nice appartment not far from underground.
Fantastic apartament, clean and comfortable, city relay staff was very nice and helpfull. We had a great London holiday.Highly recomended.
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May 26, 2011 -- How much sleep a child gets may affect their weight and their body fat.
That's according to a new study, published in BMJ.
The study found that preschoolers who sleep less are more likely to be overweight or obese by the time they're 7 years old, even when diet and other lifestyle factors are taken into account.
And most of that added weight is stored fat, not muscle.
Sleep appeared to influence a child's body weight more than both diet and physical activity. Only maternal weight mattered more, in the researchers' final analysis.
"The magnitude of the sleep effect was bigger than I expected," says study researcher Barry Taylor, MBChB, head of the department of women and children's health in the Dunedin School of Medicine at the University of Otago in New Zealand.
Experts who were not involved in the study say the findings are an important contribution, and if anything, probably underestimate the effect of sleep on weight.
"I think it's consistent with what's been seen in some of the other research that's been focused on this age group," says Michelle Garrison, PhD, a research scientist at Seattle Children's Research Institute. "Poor sleep during the preschool ages really does seem to be associated with subsequent increased BMI scores."
The study didn't account for periods of time that children might spend awake in the middle of the night in their beds, Garrison points out.
"Night wakings can be pretty common in kids this age," she says. For example, she says a child that has a "sleep duration" of 11 hours might really have only slept for 9.5 of those hours, after taking the child's night wakings into account.
But "that difference doesn't discount their findings," Garrison tells WebMD. "If anything, I think if they had looked at true total sleep, the findings would have been even stronger."
Tracking Childhood Sleep and Body Weight
For the study, researchers followed 244 children from ages 3 through 7, regularly checking their sleep time, physical activity, diet, body mass, and fat distribution.
Unlike previous research, which has typically relied on parents to report how long children are sleeping, this study also used a more direct measure: movement sensors that were worn by the children around their waists.
Researchers found that children slept an average of about 11 hours daily, with nearly all children in the study sleeping somewhere between 9.5 hours and 12.5 hours each day, including naps.
Even after accounting for diet, physical activity, and a host of other factors known to influence weight, each additional hour of daily sleep children logged from age 3 to age 5 was associated with about a half-point drop in the kids' body mass index (BMI) by age 7.
In a child of average height, that amounts to 1.5 pounds.
Children at the low end of the sleep scale had more body fat than children who got more sleep. There was no difference in muscle between shorter and longer sleepers.
Advice to Parents
Though this study shows a link between children's sleep and body weight, it doesn't prove that getting less sleep causes weight gain. And the researchers stopped short of offering parents advice about how long kids should be sleeping or what to do if they are worried that their children aren't sleeping enough.
According to the National Sleep Foundation, children need between 11 and 13 hours of sleep for kids ages 3-5.
If children don't seem to be hitting those targets, Garrison says parents should look at lifestyle factors that might be hampering a regular sleep routine.
"For kids this age, a lot of things can affect sleep quality, like TV use and physical activity," she says.


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Melvin G. Stone, 90
Published: Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 16, 2012 at 3:30 p.m.
BREVARD- Melvin G. Stone of Brevard passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012, at his home. He is survived by his beloved wife of 64 years, Ema, one daughter Margaret A. Stone, and 3 grandchildren; Emily, 12, Matthew, 9, and Abigail, 7. He is also survived by his sister, Rebecca Sharon and her husband James, of Seymour, MO, along with several nieces and nephews. He will be dearly missed by all, including his wife's twin brother, Ruben and wife Nilda and their children.
Melvin is preceded in death by his parents, Finley and Blanche Stone, and his brother, Homer.
Melvin received a purple heart while serving his country in WW II. He met and married Ema upon his return from the war and lived the first 10 years of his married life in Uruguay, S. A.; which was Ema's home country. Following their return to the States, Melvin taught English and Spanish for 30 years in Brown Deer, WI. He retired along with his wife to the Asheville area in the mid 80's. Being avid nature lovers, they enjoyed a wide variety of outdoor activities. During his retirement, Melvin served his community in many ways including volunteering at the free clinic and teaching adult spanish classes. He also spent time pursuing his love of literature and writing.
A memorial service for Melvin will be held on December 9, 2012 at 3pm at the Unitarian Universalists Church of Transylvania County, 24 Varsity Street, Brevard, NC. This was his church home for many years. All who knew Melvin are invited to come and share in the celebration of his life.
In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to the Free Clinic of Transylvania County, PO Box 1136, Brevard, NC 28712 and attach a note that the gift is in honor of Melvin Stone.
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When President Barack Obama recently revealed in an interview in the New Republic that he goes skeet shooting at Camp David "all the time," some members of the media wanted photos. Now they have one.
White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer tweeted out this photo today of the President skeet shooting. The tweet read "For all the "skeeters": POTUS shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David on Aug. 4, 2012."
Related: WSJ reporters discuss gun control and the huge gap between the two sides – and why the stakes are so big for Vice President Joe Biden as he eyes a possible run in 2016. Photo: Getty Images