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Definition of compress in English:
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1Flatten by pressure; squeeze; press: the skirt can be folded and compressed into a small bag (as adjective compressed) compressed gas
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- A gas applies much greater pressure when it is compressed into a relatively small space because there are many more particles moving around in a given area.
- A gas can also be easily compressed when pressure is exerted on it.
- These volumes are compressed into a compact, relief-like mass, where space is of little consequence.
1.1 [no object] Be squeezed or pressed together or into a smaller space: the land is sinking as the soil compresses
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- As air spaces compress with depth the volume of the dolphin decreases without an accompanying reduction in mass, and the animal becomes less buoyant.
- The pressure associated with diving deep can cause air spaces like lungs to compress and maybe even collapse.
- The fire began to come together molding and compressing into the shape of a human.
1.2Squeeze or press (two things) together: Violet compressed her lips together grimly
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- His lips were compressed tightly together as the ship made a creaking turn.
- This is because the approaching movement compresses the X's together, making them arrive more frequently and produce a higher pitch, while the departing movement stretches out the X's and produces a lower pitch.
- Compressing her lips and her resolve, she swings the marker at the end of her arm, as hard as she can, willing centrifugal force to move any remaining fluid down to the application end.
1.3Express in a shorter form; abridge: in this chapter we compress into summary form the main findings
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- They can be compressed into nine critical questions.
summarize, précis
1.4 Computing Alter the form of (data) to reduce the amount of storage necessary.
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- Often, large files are compressed to reduce downloading time.
- The files are automatically compressed so they're small enough to send via email.
- Without a second thought, you'd probably compress the file and send it off.
1.5 (as adjective compressed) chiefly Biology Having a narrow shape as if flattened, especially sideways: most sea snakes have a compressed tail
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- We have used a molding technique to obtain images of compressed collagen fibrils from rat tail tendon.
- Like all other species of the genus Micropterus, the smallmouth bass has a moderately compressed, elongate body.
- Pineconefish have round, compressed bodies that are pale to dark yellow in color.
A pad of absorbent material pressed onto part of the body to relieve inflammation or stop bleeding: a cold compress
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- Symptoms increased with warmth and were relieved partially with cold compresses.
- If stung by a fire ant, the first recommended step is to apply a cold compress to relieve the swelling and pain.
- She pressed the cold compress to the spot where she hit her head.
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- The important factor is the compressibility of the lining and insert that provides comfort for the users.
- These qualities, and the bag's high compressibility, make the 45-degree-rated Light Year a sweet choice for through-hikers.
- In addition, the data obtained from the change of excess pore water pressure following the arrest of intrusion are used in predicting soil compressibility and hydraulic conductivity.
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- Both malleable and compressible, easy to cut and drip-free, it is heated by electromagnetic induction to bring its polymerization time to 90 minutes.
- At the end of this pregnancy period, the egg is laid fairly painlessly, thanks to the spongy and slightly compressible shell.
- The lightweight construction means the jacket is highly compressible - so it won't bloat your style when the weather clears.
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- The downward flexion gait increases the compressive force at the knee joint.
- This concrete plug is un-reinforced and incorporates a taper to ensure compressive stress over the entire rock/concrete contact area.
- The anomalously high compressive pressure dynamically supports the high topography above in flexural isostatic equilibrium with the hot, low-density region below.
Late Middle English: from Old French compresser or late Latin compressare, frequentative of Latin comprimere, from com- 'together' + premere 'to press'; or directly from compress- 'pressed together', from the verb comprimere.
Words that rhyme with compressacquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes
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Is Ade the man for next year?
So, have all the predictions come true?
Has Ade turned into the lazy waster that a lot of people said he was?
Now that he has pocketed his signing on fee, is he ready for another one?
Personally I was not a fan before he signed for us and although when he first arrived on loan I thought "aye up, he is really trying here!" it was not long before the old Ade turned up. His hold up play is not as good as it should be and when you are playing with one striker that has to be good. He is not fast enough to get in behind the defence. He is not a great shooter from outside the box. And, despite his height, he is not that good in the air. When Ade plays he is keeping Defoe out of the team (who is a much more natural goal scorer IMO). But most of all, his laziness has a demoralising effect on the supporters and must to do the same to his fellow players.
What do you think the defenders of the teams we play think when they know Ade is playing? Are they worried? Or are they thinking "great, not much running about to do today"?
IMO if we are to be a regular top 4 or 5 side and perform well in Europe, we need a better main striker than Ade. But would we be able to sell him? I am not sure there would be a queue of clubs wanting to take him on especially at the price we would need and with his wages.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
I have always thought F Torres would be a better signing, now that Chelsea is looking to off load him, and as for EA what a waste of money, if he was good enough why did Real Madrid let him go?
Like you, I have never been a fan of his, and was even against signing him on loan last season. You could say " he scored seventeen goals and had quite a few assists " but if you look at the number of simple chance's he missed, then overall it was a poor total for a striker who at one point was rated a £25m player. We have all seen throughout his career that he doesnt put in a consistant effort over the course of a season, and if anything he's getting worse IMO. I think we need a complete overall of strikers, and that includes Daffy, as much as he's a natural goal scorer, I think if your aiming for the topend of the league, then you need all to be team player's, and that is one thing Daffy's not, apart from rare accasions when he'll actually pass the ball. Your first paragragh sums up exactly what I think of Ade as a player, ( and to think he's probably our highest paid ).
He is a bit of an oddity. I thought he would do well when he started scoring for us last season - and thought he was a good buy at the price at the start of this season - given the season he'd just had. I originally thought his lack of form this season was down to all the fuss of his transfer, lack of pre-season and injury, but he just hasn't hit form at all. I'm not sure though what impact Bale's role has had on the front two in general though.
The strikers in general pose a problem for next season I think, as they're both now getting on as well (Ade's 29 and Daffy's 30) and I can't see them fitting with a 'Levy' policy of youth (I think AVB also repeated the youth policy when he joined).
I wouldn't be surprised to see another exodus in the summer, with both Daffy and Ade amongst them (Hudd, Parker and Gallas. Dempsey, possibly).
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as defoe proved once again today, he is well worth keeping as 1 of our 4 strikers. even just to use as sub. as for ade, much rather damiao, michu, benteke


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"Overall right now you got teachers that feel like they're untouchable, and if you go to the board of education about problems they're not going to do anything," says Greg Collier, one of the parents.
Parents United, a group created by parents, for parents, held a forum on Saturday to voice concerns.
"If you've got a problematic teacher, then I want to know if ten other parents feel the same way so we can say, 'Hey, if you won't get rid of her, we will'," says Collier.
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DETROIT -- In the seventh inning Saturday night, the A's first playoff game in six years became something far more than a playoff game. It became a release. An emotional gantlet. An inspirational human moment.
Pat Neshek received a call in the bullpen.
Three days earlier, the A's relief pitcher had received another call at his home in Florida, this one from his wife, Stephanee.
"The baby has stopped breathing," she told him.
The couple's newborn son, Gehrig John Neshek, had died at the hospital. He was only 23 hours old. Cause of death unknown. The couple mourned, wept, held each other, cried some more. But after sitting on their couch for two days and feeling overwhelmed, they decided it would be better to fly here and try to think about something else.
And so Neshek walked into the A's locker room Friday and said he was ready to pitch. Bob Melvin, the A's manager, chose to bring him into Saturday's game at a crucial juncture, with two Detroit runners on base with one out and the Tigers trying to increase their 3-1 lead.
Neshek trotted out of the bullpen and took the ball from Melvin.
"You could just see the emotion in his eyes," said the A's catcher, Derek Norris, of that moment. "You could see how much it meant to him. I didn't say anything to him out there other than the usual. I didn't want to do anything to throw him off his routine."
With two inherited runners on, Neshek stared in at home plate. He induced Detroit batter Omar Infante to hit a ground ball out, then struck out Austin Jackson to end the inning. Eight pitches, two batters, two outs. Neshek had done his job. He walked to the dugout, clearly feeling it, touching the shoulder patch on his uniform. The patch was embroidered with the initials "GJN," which all of the A's were wearing in honor of baby Gehrig.
The A's would go on to lose the game by that same 3-1 score, but by then Neshek had showered and was still trying to process what had happened.
"It was definitely tough," he said of the evening and of Gehrig's memory. "I was thinking about him the whole time, too. I kind of just grabbed the ball and threw it. Yesterday, I said, you go to the baseball field and don't really think about anything else. But that wasn't true tonight. It's probably a cliché. But I felt like somebody was looking down on me."
Then his brain shifted for just a second back into baseball mode, talking about the pitch he used to whiff Jackson.
"That's probably the best slider I've had all year," he said, trying to smile.
Real life always seeps into the world of professional sports. But seldom in such brutally sad a fashion as this. The fact that Neshek wanted to pitch under such circumstances is remarkable. The fact that he performed so effectively was ... well, his teammates called it inspirational. But that somehow seemed inadequate.
"We all know his little one was out there with him on the mound," said right fielder Josh Reddick. "I've got to credit the guy. If it happened to me, I don't know if I can even be sleeping tonight."
Melvin, the manager, said he had never once considered keeping Neshek off the playoff roster or refraining from using him.
"We wanted to try and get him into a game sooner rather than later," Melvin said. "I don't know that there's any great time to try to potentially get him a soft landing in the playoffs ... He came in and did a great job. Not only was it good for us, it's really good for him to get in the game and contribute right away."
Not that things will ever be totally normal again for Neshek. He's old enough to know that. He is 32 years old, has knocked around the major and minor leagues without becoming a star, surviving elbow surgery, enduring good moments and bad. The A's are his fourth organization. His contract was purchased by the team in August from the Baltimore Orioles.
Stephanee has been with him on the entire journey, which makes this week almost indescribably sad for them both.
"It's been tough on me," Neshek said. "I can't imagine the sacrifices for her, what it's been for her, the whole time. She's a big baseball fan. She really wanted to ... "
Here he paused, collecting himself.
"Excuse me ... she really wanted Gehrig to see me pitch, that's what I meant," Neshek said. "Hopefully, we can have another couple of kids ... You just try to get back to normal. We sat in the house the first day and second day ... I don't know if we could have made it through the third day."
He paused again.
"I felt like a shell," Neshek said. "We've received so many emails and tweets of support, though. It's really helped. We're grateful. But ..."
But how would anyone who hasn't endured their pain know what it's like, really? Gehrig was named, of course, for the late Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig. Pat's and Stephanee's families both thought that was pretty neat, because they are baseball families. This is why Stephanee made arrangements for Pat's parents in Florida to watch the couples' three dogs, then gathered up Stephanee's parents and flew to Detroit. They rented a car and drove to the A's hotel.
On that ride, Pat received a phone call from A's executive David Forst. Pat has known most of his teammates for only a few months, so he wasn't sure how they would react when he showed up. Forst told him.
"David said the team had met," Neshek said. "He was asking my permission for the team to put a patch on their uniforms in honor of our son. I broke down in front of everybody."
Pat was also moved, he said, that when the bullpen phone rang and he began to warm up, a few Tigers' fans in the seats above yelled out encouraging words, telling him they appreciated him being there.
"I feel comfort in baseball," Neshek said. "I feel normal. I don't know what I would do if that were taken away from me."
Just before he left the locker room, though someone wondered how Neshek would remember this evening, many years from now.
"I don't know," he said. "I would have liked to have won, I guess. But I don't think I'll ever forget it. I don't know what else to say."
He turned and looked back at the clothes in his locker before leaving the room. His uniform jersey was hanging with the "GJN" patch on the shoulder, facing outward, so he could see it.
"He was only around for a day," Neshek said. "It's pretty special."
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WALNUT CREEK -- People are people regardless of their circumstances -- especially when they have plates of turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie in front of them.
About 200 people, many of whom were homeless or without families, shared fellowship and stories during a free community Thanksgiving meal Thursday afternoon at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Richmond, Livermore, Dublin and Antioch were among the East Bay communities also putting on free dinners with all the fixings for anyone looking for companionship.
Though conversation topics varied inside the St. Paul's dining room, much of the time talk went back to the food.
"Everything is just really good," said Kenny Richards, adding that his personal favorite was the "Southwest-style stuffing."
"It almost tastes like a breakfast burrito," Richards said to Mike Meehan.
Meehan, who said that he has "lived outdoors for a while" because he was a victim of circumstances, said his favorite dish was the fresh broccoli.
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"I've been anticipating this all year long," said Greg Johnson.
The Thanksgiving meal was the first in Walnut Creek in quite some time, event organizers said.
St. Paul's, Trinity Center for the homeless, Bay Area Rescue Mission and several other local churches organized the event.
"There were so many people that wanted to help, we had to turn away volunteers," said Gary Kingsbury, Bay Area Rescue Mission's vice president of operations.
Walnut Creek has a growing homeless and working poor population who need help, said Donna Colombo, Trinity House's executive director.
"A lot of them sleep in their cars," Colombo said.
Trinity Center, formerly Fresh Start, traditionally held a dinner on Thanksgiving. This year, it partnered with Bay Area Rescue Mission for the larger event.
"It's great that it allows people to share their life story, or the stories of the moment, no matter what walk of life they come from," Colombo said.
The Walnut Creek dinner featured about 75 pounds of turkey, 100 pounds of mashed potatoes and several tables covered with apple and pumpkin pies -- enough for people to have seconds of everything.
"There's enough for multiple blessings," Kingsbury said.
Meehan saved enough room for pumpkin pie.
"This is great," he said, digging into a sliver of pie and showing a shirt-covered full belly. "I couldn't ask for more."
Contact Paul Burgarino at 925-779-7164. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulburgarino.


text: I've mentioned my love of Hammer flicks many times over on the Bloody Good Horror Podcast. I've never really gone in depth with this love affair on the air however. Seeing as I love to talk movies and books and such, why not bring in some friends to talk Hammer films? Luckily, I have two friends that love Hammer as much as I do, so I've joined forces with Derek, a.k.a.


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8.9-3 Aiding Escape of Mentally Ill or Drug Dependent Person -- § 53a-171a
Revised to December 1, 2007
The defendant is charged [in count __] with aiding escape from a (hospital / sanitarium1). The statute defining this offense reads in pertinent part as follows:
a person is guilty of aiding escape from a (hospital / sanitarium) when he aids the escape from a (hospital / sanitarium) of any person committed thereto as (mentally ill / drug dependent).
For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Element 1 -
Aided escape
The first element is that the defendant aided the escape of a person from a (hospital /sanitarium). Aiding or abetting here have their ordinary meaning, that is, to intentionally help or assist. A person acts "intentionally" with respect to a result when (his/her) conscious objective is to cause such result. <See Intent: Specific, Instruction 2.3-1.>
"Escape" means the unlawful departure from the physical limits of custody.
Element 2 - Of
mentally ill / drug dependent person
The second element is that the person whose escape was aided had been committed by a lawful order to such institution as (mentally ill / drug dependent). The state does not have to prove that such person was in fact (mentally ill / drug dependent), only that the person was committed as (mentally ill / drug dependent).
In summary, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that 1) the defendant aided the escape of a person from a (hospital /sanitarium), and 2) that person had been committed to the (hospital /sanitarium), as (mentally ill / drug dependent).
If you
unanimously find that the state has proved
beyond a reasonable doubt each of the
elements of aiding the escape of a
(mentally ill / drug dependent) person,
then you shall find the defendant guilty.
On the other hand, if you unanimously find
that the state has failed to prove beyond
a reasonable doubt any of the elements,
you shall then find the defendant not
1 The statute uses the word "sanatorium." "Sanitarium" is the proper American spelling of the word. "Sanatorium" is a British variant spelling.


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Ben & Jerry's, the company that brought you John Lennon's 'Imagine Whirled Peace' ice-cream is back with a new Elton John flavour.The flavour is called 'Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road' and it consists of peanut butter cookie dough and white chocolate chunks.Here is the Lennon one (apparently chocolate fudge peace signs, Toffee cookie dough and swirls of caramel vanilla ice cream):
Maybe they'll offer Bowie milk shakes cold and long. TW GOD OF FOOTBALL
Maybe he will reignite his music career with a follow up to LUV. Suggested flavour ---> The Brule Brothers.
Watch that MangoJe est un autre
they could have a Thin White Duke and it'll be vanilla.my site - updated Jan 07
I noticed they put the fudge in the Lennon flavour and not the Elton one. (Correct politics).
Maybe they'll just offer milk with a fly in it.
In reply to:they could have a Thin White Duke and it'll be vanilla.
they could have a Thin White Duke and it'll be vanilla.
not coke?
Vanilla coke flavour?"I also had a photo of my favourite cheese, but I ate it."
I'm thinking egg nogg ice cream.....with lines of vanilla. And low calorie.


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Military Museum to host meeting
Published: Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 12:02 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 12:02 p.m.
The Regional Military Museum will host its monthly roundtable at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Main Library, 151 Library Drive in Houma.
The meeting will begin with coffee and discussion followed by a lecture from Henry Cook, who was a Green Beret for 30 years. For information call 385-2307.
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- Moisture resistant window treatments
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- Shutters are a natural fit
- Top picks are faux wood blinds, cellular shades & roller shades
While privacy is a major concern in the bathroom, blinds and shades that are able to withstand high levels of humidity are the best choice. Treatments made out of vinyl, PVC, faux wood, or thick fabric will be durable enough to stand up to the unique environment. These window treatments won't bend, warp, crack, or harvest mildew and are sure to withstand the test of time. Many bathroom shades can be configured with a top down/bottom up lift for the ultimate in flexible privacy. The slats on faux wood bathroom blinds and shutters can be tilted upwards to admit some light while still maintaining privacy.
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OAKLAND -- One after the next, people pause in Berkeley Bowl before the row of ice cream pints. They look, they taste and then almost every single one reacts just like shopper Aiano Nakagawa.
"This is one of the creamiest ice creams I've ever had," she marveled.
But the twist is the product on offer isn't really ice cream. It's "Mr. Dewie's" cashew milk ice cream, made by a small company based in Oakland.
"It was amazing," Nakagawa said. "I didn't know it was not a dairy product."
For Mr. Dewie's creator, Ari Cohen, that is kind of the point.
He first got the idea to make Mr. Dewie's when he found out he was lactose intolerant and needed a healthier diet in general.
Now Cohen is poised on the edge of major success with Mr. Dewie's, which is getting rave reviews from customers, even those without any food sensitivities.
"Sometimes people just don't realize they're tasting a nut milk ice cream," he said.
The ice cream -- which is officially not ice cream but a "frozen dessert" -- is made with a cashew milk base, making it good for people who don't like dairy, can't handle soy or who eat a vegan diet. But Cohen said the high protein product is not just for those niche eaters.
"There's so many people now that are looking for a good healthy alternative," he said.
Mr. Dewie's, which currently comes in flavors like chocolate orange and caramel almond crunch, also contains organic ingredients and is gluten free and kosher. And the ingredient list is small -- the coffee ice cream, for example, contains only cashew milk, cane juice, vanilla, coffee and salt.
Mr. Dewie's also makes an almond ice cream, although they are phasing it out.
"The cashew just makes a better ice cream," Cohen said.
Cohen, who grew up in Berkeley, came to ice cream making in a roundabout way.
After working with a nutritionist to change his own diet, including giving up milk, he was desperate for a way to eat his breakfast cereal. He started experimenting with making his own nut milks, which led him to try ice cream -- doing it all in his Glenview District home kitchen.
He got so many rave reviews he decided to try and sell it, which is when his brother, Andrew Cohen, a former entrepreneur and police officer, stepped up to help.
"He was born to sell," Ari Cohen said of his brother.
Even then, it took Cohen a year and a half of fiddling with recipes to make the first batch good enough for his standards.
"Andrew will tell you, it drove him crazy," he said.
But it was really when the Cohens partnered with nut butter company Antisana, owned by Premier Organics, which now has a stake in the company, that things really started to roll for the company.
The brothers started selling locally, beginning with Laurel neighborhood stalwart Farmer Joe's. Now they're getting into Whole Foods across Northern California and have other stores clamoring for distribution. They're also outgrowing their West Oakland facility, where they're currently making around 3,200 pints a day, Cohen said.
The frozen dessert is currently available across the Bay Area, including the original Berkeley Bowl, Andronico's, San Francisco's Rainbow Grocery, North Berkeley's Monterey Market and Rockridge's Market Hall. In addition, it's available in numerous other natural food stores throughout California, Oregon and Washington.
Even with their factory space, Cohen's kitchen is still filled with ingredients and ice cream makers, jars of nut butter lining the cupboard shelves and bags and bags of vegan cookies on the counter, experimental ingredients for a new flavor.
"I take up most of the room around here," he said, pulling open the freezer to reveal piles of ice cream pints.
But even if it's filling his kitchen, as well as his basement, Cohen hopes Mr. Dewie's will keep growing. And the way things are going, it looks like it well -- as long as enough people keep tasting it.
"It sells itself," he admitted.
For more information about Mr. Dewie's frozen dessert, go to the website: http://www.mrdewies.com/.


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There are a couple of things that are annoying me.
1. The first one is that I cannot set the paper size to say "Letter" instead of "A4" every time I open QCad. Can you please give me some idea on how I can fix this?
2. My printer is recognized by QCad and every time I try to print in the command line tells me that it's been printed but nothing happens.
I looked for the workaround posted earlier to export as a PDF but I've seen this has been already fixed in the new version (QCad v126.96.36.199) but I still can't print.
I had some problems earlier with QCad and Gnome but everything is fixed by now, I even have the new Qt 4 libraries and QCad acts like in KDE now. So I think it has nothing to do with Gnome.
Can you please give me an idea on how to fix this issue?
Kind Regards
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It's that time of year again to start thinking about team tournament on 4/3.
Tryouts for this year's squad will be:
Saturday, March 27th, Jones Park, noon
Meet up top.
You can play as many rounds that day as you want and I will take the best score. Each round must be played with at least one other person who is trying-out.
As in year's past, the tryouts are open to anyone wishing to play (regardless of where you live), BUT I will give preference to anyone who actually lives in the IC area.
Even if it's raining, be at Jones to discuss alternatives. If you can't play on Sunday, you can post a score anytime earlier than that day, but you need to contact me in advance.


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Chicken of the VNC
14 Opinions
If you need a robust VNC alternative (and free), i suggets check out for Chicken, instead of any other payment app (like JollysFastVNC)
No good at all, dead project (last updated 2006?), and when I connect to my Mac at home running Vine VNC server, I just get a black screen. JollysFastVNC recommended instead.
Stayed for quite a long time with this app, but it hangs definitely too often. I've just started looking for a substitute.
Miserable (absolutely unusable) performance on Leopard <-> Ubuntu Hardy Heron over gigabit ethernet. Had much better luck with JollysFastVNC.
Where did the developer go?
switched to Jolly's Fast VNC, which is, as you'd expect, faster.
Attempting to connect to my aunt's Windows XP Toshiba with this made her computer crash!
Is it just me that finds Chicken of the VNC to be unbearably slow and laggy, even when accessing local servers? I've resorted to installing "tightvnc" with fink and running that under X11. Am I missing something?
Amusing name/icon and does what it says on the tin.
The only issue I have is that when it doesn't connect there's no way to cancel the connection, you have to wait until it fails which can take a while
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A 70-year-old Oak Ridge woman was transported to the University of Tennessee Medical Center Sunday morning after allegedly setting fire to her apartment at 58 Honeysuckle Lane in Oak Ridge.
According to police reports, Loretta Parry set fire to her apartment and was injured during the fire. Once the fire was out, Parry was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville for treatment.
No other residents were injured during the fire, but police said in the report that there was extensive fire and water damage to Parry's apartment.
Russel Langley can be reached at (865) 220-5514.
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The release of the grand jury transcript in the Sierra LaMar murder case reopened painful wounds for family, friends and the many volunteers who still search regularly for the child's body more than two years after her disappearance.
But the transcript in this horrific case, like all criminal cases, needed to be disclosed.
Keeping judicial proceedings public is the bedrock of our system of justice. It protects the right of the accused and the victims to fair treatment, and it honors the community's right and obligation to observe how the wheels of justice turn -- particularly in death penalty cases like this one.
The Bay Area News Group fought for that principle when lawyers for the accused, Antolin Garcia-Torres, fought to keep the transcript of the February grand jury proceeding secret because it could taint the jury pool. Last month, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Griffin M.J. Bonini found no legal justification for secrecy.
The case against Garcia-Torres is damning. Some of the graphic evidence in the transcript was new even to Sierra's family. The defendant's lawyers said disclosure of the evidence would force a change of venue, but Bonini ruled that was highly improbable in a county of 1.8 million people. The defense did not appeal.
The 15-year-old's disappearance on her way to a school bus stop in Morgan Hill was every parent's worst nightmare. The Santa Clara County sheriff's department quickly identified Garcia-Torres as a suspect, found evidence linking him to three attempted kidnappings in 2009 and kept him under 24-hour surveillance for months before arresting him, hoping he would lead them to the body.
District Attorney Jeff Rosen took the case to a grand jury, which handed up an indictment, and called for the death penalty.
We would prefer grand jury proceedings be held in public, at least in cases of intense public interest, like police shootings of civilians. But at a minimum, the public needs to see the transcript showing what led to an indictment. In this case, there was strong public interest in the evidence. Volunteer searchers hope to scour the transcript for clues to the location of Sierra's body.
But more broadly, there's a fundamental principle at stake: Transcripts need to be disclosed because the certainty of transparency is a powerful influence to keep prosecutions ethical and above board. Public access to this proceeding is critical to maintaining trust in the criminal justice system.
At a time when information and innuendo are disseminated in countless ways over the Web and through social media, it's important for Americans to stay grounded in verifiable facts. A grand jury transcript is the next best thing to being there.
News organizations like this one always have gone to court to fight for transparency. It's a responsibility we take seriously to serve the public interest and the cause of justice.


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- Dec 25:
- East Bay Football Coach of the Year: Eric Billeci, California
- All-East Bay Football: Second and third team selections for defense
- East Bay Defensive Football Player of the Year: Sumner Houston, De La Salle
- All-East Bay Football: First team selections for defense
- All-East Bay Football: Second, third team selections for offense
- All-East Bay Football: First team selections for offense
- East Bay Football Player of the Year: Adarius Pickett, El Cerrito
ANTIOCH -- Deer Valley High football coach Rich Woods got right to the point when asked what made Wolverines quarterback Nsimba Webster special this season.
"Well, I think every time the ball went into his hands, a regular snap, it was almost a highlight film," Woods said.
It isn't surprising that a video of Webster eluding at least nine would-be tacklers on his way to a touchdown went viral on YouTube. When asked to describe his style of play, Webster said: "Really shifty. My goal is to make defenders miss and make plays for my team."
He certainly achieved that this year, both with his legs and his arm.
The 5-foot-11, 175-pound senior put up video-game numbers -- 2,026 yards passing with 22 touchdowns and only four interceptions and also 1,544 yards rushing with 28 touchdowns and a 10.0 yards-per-carry average.
But perhaps the most important numbers for Webster were 11-2. That was the Wolverines' record this season, as they advanced to the North Coast Section Division I semifinals for the first time, where they scored the most points by a Northern California team against De La Salle since 2008 in a 57-27 loss.
For his accomplishments this season, Webster has been named the Bay Area News Group East Bay Offensive Player of the Year.
"He does incredible things on a football field," Woods said. "A lot of times you need a quarterback to manage a game. Very seldom do you have a player that can take a game over.
"He was that kind of guy, he could take a game over."
Webster's game was certainly on display in the NCS playoffs. After accounting for six touchdowns and 267 total rushing and passing yards in a 49-21 win over Castro Valley, he produced five touchdowns and 392 yards of offense in a 67-44 victory over James Logan. He also accounted for all four of his team's touchdowns against De La Salle.
Perhaps what set Webster apart this season was his leadership and his competitiveness.
"He was like another coach on the field," Woods said. "He's passionate about what he does. ... He's such a competitor."


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This hilariously-misworded but well-intentioned sign, which a tipster found on Bank Street yesterday, warns area residents about a dog walker who yanks the pets when they try to "pipi." The signmaker can't spell, but he uses three different font colors!
English isn't this person's first language, we're guessing. (You figure someone who chides his neighbors, "If you love your dogs...take 10 minute on your life and walk them by your self" would take his own advice and spend 10 minutes on his life and get some one to proofread his very public sign.) But if you see this dog walker, please kick him in the shins.


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- Stretched 01:37
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- Books at the Linux Caffe 16:05
- Linux Caffe 16:25
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1. Stretched: 01:37
Too much fire and not enough water or earth.
I need time to recenter and find my peace before plunging into all the tech stuff this weekend. I'll just find a park or walk down to the lake and bliss out.
Having time to decompress, to digest things that have been going on, to think about where I'm going and whether that's right - that's really important to me. Right now I think I'm going in the right direction, but I don't want to sustain sugar rushes for too long.
I think I'll cancel my Wednesday plans. I'd like to slow down and let the universe speak.
Random Japanese sentence: ネコはエジプト人によって飼い慣らされたものである。 Cats were domesticated by the Egyptians.
2. BBC World Documentary on free and open source software in developing countries: 15:45
From the announcement:
"Coming Soon: The Code Breakers – a BBC World Documentary on FOSS and Development
A two-part documentary, "Code Breakers" will be aired on BBC World TV starting on 10 May 2006. Code Breakers investigates how poor countries are using FOSS applications for development, and includes stories and interviews from around the world."
And most importantly, to go along with the FOSS theme, they state:
"Following its ten transmissions on BBC World the documentary will be available copyright-free for broadcast throughout the world."
E-Mail from Jason Shein
3. Books at the Linux Caffe: 16:05
- Rembrandt
- Pattern Recognition (Sklansky, not Gibson)
- Am I Too Loud? Memoirs of an Accompanist
- Fletch
- A New Kind of Science (Wolfram!)
- Physical Geology
- The Secret Language of Birthdays
- Munschworks
- Van Gogh
- Wicked Cool Java
- My Job Went to India (And All I Got Was This Lousy Book)
- GIMP Essential Reference
- Programming Perl
- Learning Perl
- Perl in a Nutshell
- DHTML and CSS for the World Wide Web
- Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference
- Genetic Algorithms in Engineering and Computer Science
- Exim: The Mail Transfer Agent
- UNIX Security
- Essential CVS
- Wbe Proxy Servers
- Switching in IP Networks
- Effective C++
- Effective STL
- Java Threads
- Common LISPcraft
- programming.java: An Introduction to Programming Using Java
- XML Data Management
- Java Digital Signal Processing
- SNMP- SNMPv2, SNMPv3, and RMON 1 and 2
- Maximum Security: A Hacker's Guide to Protecting Your Internet Site and Network
- Python: Essential Reference
- Writing GNU Emacs Extensions
- CGI Programming with Perl
- Practical Internet Groupware
- An Introduction to Distributed Algorithms
- MySQL & mSQLL
- The C++ Standard Library
- Understanding SOAP
- Building Wireless Community Networks
- Write Great Code
- Project Cool: Guide to XML for Web Designers
- Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing
- Python Developer's Handbook
- FreeBSD
- Information Anxiety 2
- Design Patterns
- Berkeley DB
- Applied Software Project Management
- Networks and Netwars
- Confessions of Teenage Hackers
- Database: A Primer
- Building Internet Firewalls
- Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions
- Freeware Encryption and Security Programs
- Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference
- Malware: Fighting Malicious Code
- Practical Unix & Internet Security
- IP Routing Primer
- Hacking Linux Ex posed
- Shell Scripting Recipes
- Perl/Tk Pocket Reference
- Running Weblogs with Slash
- Programming
4. Linux Caffe: 16:25
It's really a geek haven. Computer books fill the windows and the shelves. Laptops are out, open, and plugged in. Assorted penguin buttons are on sale.
It's a great place to run into people. On the way in, I chatted with a biologist who's working on bringing the ideas of open source to genome research. I'm sitting across a geekette with mad AIX skills. David, the proprietor, is always fun to chat with about everything from the local geek scene to the latest chocolate concoctions.
I think I've found a good home for my get-togethers. I want to get to know a lot of people, and I want them to get to know each other, too. It's difficult to entertain at the Graduate House because of the security restrictions and the way our suite is laid out; I don't have enough space to entertain. Hosting get-togethers at the Linux Caffe promotes something I believe in, offers people more variety and choice, and makes it easier for me to focus on people.
Let's make that happen. Next Friday, I'll have a get-together here. I hope to eventually turn that into a lecture series, so that I get to learn about interesting things from very interesting people. Perfect... =)
I'd love to hear about any questions, comments, suggestions or links that you might have. Your comments will not be posted on this website immediately, but will be e-mailed to me first. You can use this form to get in touch with me, or e-mail me at [email protected] .


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'The Sopranos' star James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
This 1999 file photo provided by HBO, shows James Gandolfini as mob boss Tony Soprano, in an episode from the first season of the HBO cable television mob series, "The Sopranos." HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51. (AP Photo/HBO, Anthony Neste, File) by Lynn ElebrAP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO's "The Sopranos" helped create one of TV's greatest drama series and turned the mobster stereotype on its head, died Wednesday in Italy. He was 51. Gandolfini died while on holiday in Rome, the cable channel and Gandolfini's managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders said in a joint statement. No cause of death was given.


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NEW YORK -- Peyton Manning made his fifth MVP award a family affair.
Manning's record-setting season earned him The Associated Press NFL MVP award Saturday night in a landslide. No other player has won more than three.
Denver's record-setting quarterback, who threw for 55 touchdowns and 5,477 yards in leading the Broncos to the AFC's best record, earned 49 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league. New England quarterback Tom Brady got the other vote.
Manning won his other MVPs with Indianapolis in 2003, '04, '08 and '09. He also was the runner-up last season to Adrian Peterson.
"I am humbled by this recognition and grateful to my family, (Broncos owner) Pat Bowlen, John Elway, John Fox and the entire Denver Broncos organization, and of course, my coaches and my teammates," Manning said in a prepared video acceptance speech. He was not on hand as he gets ready for Sunday's Super Bowl against Seattle.
Archie Manning, Peyton's father, accepted the award from two more MVPs, former 49ers great Joe Montana and Aaron Rodgers, while holding Peyton's son, Marshall, in his arms.
Manning still trails two Hall of Famers for total MVPs in their sport. Wayne Gretzky won nine NHL MVPs, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won six in the NBA. Also, Barry Bonds owns seven in baseball.
Manning also took the AP's Offensive Player of the Year award for the second time. Elway accepted the Offensive Player award on Manning's behalf.
"I can say I have never seen a better year played by a quarterback than Peyton Manning," said Elway, a Broncos executive who won the MVP award in 1987. "To see what he did this year, it was truly amazing."
Manning received 33 votes for the offensive player honor. He also was runner-up last year to Peterson for the award.
This time, running back LeSean McCoy of Philadelphia was second with 10 votes, followed by Kansas City running back Jamaal Charles with four.
Carolina grabbed two major awards, with Ron Rivera winning AP NFL Coach of the Year and linebacker Luke Kuechly voted top defensive player.
Rivera, a former Cal standout, engineered the Panthers' turnaround from a 7-9 record to 12-4, the NFC South title and a first-round playoff bye. Kuechly keyed a defense that allowed 241 points, fewer than every team except NFC champion Seattle.
Rivera's fine work in his third season in charge in Carolina brought him 21½ votes. That outdistanced Kansas City's Andy Reid, who got 13½ votes. In his first year with the Chiefs, Reid took them from 2-14 to 11-5 and an AFC wild-card berth.
"I do feel a lot of pride because it has been a long journey, but it also was a part of the process," Rivera said.
All-Pro Kuechly received 19 votes, ahead of Indianapolis All-Pro linebacker Robert Mathis, who earned 11½.
Kuechly was credited with 96 tackles, four interceptions, two sacks, eight passes defensed, and was a presence from sideline to sideline.
A second-round pick (61st overall) from Alabama, Lacy was a key performer in the Packers' offense, particularly when star quarterback Rodgers was sidelined for seven games. Lacy rushed for 1,178 yards on 284 carries (4.1 average), with 11 touchdowns. He also had 35 receptions.
That was good enough for 35 votes.
"I'm comfortable where I am, and my teammates believe in me, and they make me feel comfortable, so I'm able to play the way I'm capable of playing," said Lacy, who beat out San Diego wide receiver Keenan Allen, who received 12 votes.
Richardson, the 13th overall pick in April's draft on a selection acquired when New York traded star cornerback Darrelle Revis to Tampa Bay, won a close race over Buffalo linebacker Kiko Alonso. Richardson received 23 votes; Alonso, a second-round choice (46th overall), got 19.
MVP: Peyton Manning, QB, Denver Broncos
Offensive Player of the Year: Manning
Defensive Player of the Year: Luke Kuechly, LB, Carolina Panthers
Coach of the Year: Ron Rivera, Carolina Panthers
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Eddie Lacy, RB, Green Bay Packers
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Sheldon Richardson, DE, New York Jets
Comeback Player of the Year: Philip Rivers, QB, San Diego Chargers


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Getting rid of your pooch doesn't have to be grueling. Try these surprisingly easy nutrition tips and ab workouts for women to get a gorgeous-looking midsection in time for bikini season
Breakfast: Oatmeal with cinnamon and agave nectar (it's a natural sweetener that won't make your blood sugar spike).
Morning or post-workout snack: Handful of raw cashews or almonds.
Lunch and dinner: Dark leafy greens (broccoli, spinach), veggies (pass on the potatoes), and some lean protein. Don't eat too much protein, though -- it's harder for your body to digest. And remember to keep protein servings to the size of your fist in diameter and as thick as a deck of cards.
Afternoon or evening snack: Veggies and hummus or another handful of raw cashews or almonds.
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really good plan. love how it addressed strength training, cardio, and diet!
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This article had some really good tips, staying on a "healthy" diet is my biggest challenge :(
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I like the tip on eating five small meals a day. That will definitely keep me from overeating after each workout.
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I do jog but not everyday. I would like to find different foods to eat and try to loose my tummy for next year!
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THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SALISH, PEND d ORIELLES AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION* 15 C HARKOOSTA Volume 4 - Number 8 FULL MOON OF THE WILD ONION August 15,19 7 4 Tug-Of-War Over Ashley Log Unit Dixon -- In a reversal of policy, the Tribal Council voted July 22 to sell the Mission mountain Ashley logging unit and the norther-reservation Ervine Unit. However, during the following meeting, August 2, the council voted to restore a 'clean logging' pilot project for the Missions and postpone the sale of the Ashley. Several tribal members appeared during the Aug. 2 meeting to protest the logging of the Missions. The group included several old people from St. Ignatius. Germaine White explained to the council that opposition to the sale in St. Ignatius was Violent' and added that Detitions to stop the project altogether were being circulated. Petitions against Mission logging were started last winter but were abandoned when the council decided to defere sales until the pilot project was completed. The action Aug. 2 still left the Ervine unit, which people in the northern half of the reservation say they want for a primitive area, up for sale. Tribal Member Tom 'Satch' McDonald agreed saying that the people of the reservation are 'really emotional' about cutting the Mission foothills. McDonald said most people though the Ashley unit had been postponed and 'were really mad' when it became known the sale had been approved. The two units were scheduled for cutting this year in a harvest plan drawn up several years ago by BIA Forestry. Opposition to logging the units, however, did not begin to flare until the units were actually offered for sale. The Ashley unit...so called because it is largly composed of Ashley ridge, just south of McDonald Lake...has been a raging controversy on the reservation since January. The project would place most of the McDonald Mountain massif foothills under logging and many people feel it would destroy the beauty of the mountains and shatter the balance of wildlife in the area. The area to be logged in the Ashley would include some 2,200 acres of tribal forest in a narrow band between just south of McDonald Lake to just north of Mission Lake. The cruise plan includes construction of a-bout 30 miles of roads to harvest some 9 million board feet. Ashley...(Continued on Page 3) Irrigation Service Muddies Jocko...Again Ravalli: Remember the great Jocko J-Canal fish massacre of the summer of 19 7 3 ? That was when every living creature in the Jocko...including some 7 00 fish...was wiped out by 80 pounds of raw poison dumped into the canal by the Flathead Irrigation Service (FIP). Well, those same folks were back again this year at the same time and same station with another melodramatic episode. This year, FIP's assault on the lower Jocko was mechanical, rather than chemical. An Irrigation Service crew moved into the bed of the Jocko just below the J-Canal headgate with a D 9 cat on July 18. For the next week the cat gnawed away at a gravel bar in the middle of the Jocko, pushing some of it up against a north-bank rip rap and the rest against the Jocko...(Continued on page ten) Jerome Vanderburg 1890 ¦ 1974 Hundreds of people from all over the reservation and western Montana said goodby to Jerome Vanderburg during funeral services at the Jocko Church and Cemetery July 2 7. Mr. Vanderburg, who was 83, was one of the I two last "children of the Bit-fterroot "...Salish Indians Iwho were born in the j Bitterroot valley bofore I Chief Charlo moved his band I up to the Flathead reservation. Among those attending the funeral was Mary Ann .Combs, who remains the Mast survivor of that "Salish Trail of Tears." The last rites for Mr. Vanderburg focused on:lhis life-long devotion to Salish Iculture and the Indian way. In his memorial, Father Joseph Obersinner noted that Mr Vanderburg maintained his Indian identity during a period of overwhelming cultural change. Salish language prayers for the service were sung by Francis Jerome...(Continued on page 6) Jerome Vanderburg
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Week of Aug. 2, 2007
A front page article titled "Developing Differences" explored the different growth philosophies of Eagle and Gypsum. "I think typically Gypsum is much more aggressive, more business friendly ... much more business friendly than say, Eagle," offered Gypsum resident Anita Denboske.
Gypsum launched a summer concert series titled "Sunday Sounds." The concerts were held on Sundays at 5 p.m. and included a farmer's market and kids activities.
Samantha Eckert won the intermediate division at the Eagle County Fair and Rodeo Working Ranch Horse Competition.
McCoy resident Mike Lederhause shared a photo of a bull moose that had wandered through his yard. The bull was one of a pair of moose spotted in the area.
Week of Aug. 1, 2002
Construction began on the new Eagle Pool and Ice Rink. The $4.6 million facility was a joint project of the town of Eagle and the Western Eagle County Metropolitan Recreation District.
Local senior citizens were lobbying Eagle County for help in the effort to bring an assisted living center to Eagle. The county was negotiating with the private owner of the Golden Eagle Apartments and hoped to develop the assisted living project adjacent to that site.
The Eagle County Commissioners agreed to place an open space tax proposal on the November ballot.
Week of Aug. 6, 1992
Republican Eagle County Commissioner candidate Eric Affeldt withdrew from the race after he accepted a position with an investment firm headed up by former Vail Associates executives Mike Shannon and Larry Lichliter.
Vail resident Robert Nelson died after being struck by lightning while playing golf at Eagle-Vail.
Boy Scout leaders Kevin and Cynthia Lindahl led a trip to the Boundary Water Wilderness Area in Minnesota. Participants included Matt Zimmerman, James Dyck, Griff Wright, Josh Zimmerman and Donald Mayne.
For the first time ever, Eagle Valley High School announced it would charge athletic fees. The annual fee was $30.
Week of Aug. 5, 1982
A nine-person commission presented the details of the home-rule charter written for the town of Gypsum. The charter was slated to go to a vote of Gypsum residents for approval and it included a controversial 1-percent real estate transfer tax provision.
The town of Vail was restoring the old Gore Creek Schoolhouse as part of the community's 20th anniversary celebration.
The 49th annual meeting of the Eagle County Pioneers was held at the IOOF Hall in Gypsum. Art Stremme, 93, was honored as the oldest member present.
Norm Wood was hired as public works director for the town of Avon.
Week of Aug. 3, 1972
At the urging of member Jerry Fedrizzi, the Eagle Town Board planned to form a committee to develop planning and zoning regulations. "Fedrizzi said the town needs building codes, building permits and more. Presently Eagle has no codes or permits," the Enterprise reported.
The Second Annual Vail Symposium was planned Aug. 4 and the central theme for the event was growth in Colorado. "It is encouraging the growing number of the citizens of this state are beginning to question the validity of the 'growth ethic' that has long determined planning and policy making," noted the event agenda.
"Area bicyclists soon will be able to use portions of Interstate highways in Colorado, including a stretch of I-70 between the West Vail interchange and Dowd Junction," the Enterprise reported.
"Mary Queen of Scots," starring Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson, was the featured movie at the Eagle Theater.
Week of Aug. 2, 1962
The Eagle County Fair and Rodeo was just two weeks away. "The new exhibit building will be used for the first time this year. The roof has been put on and it is expected that the cement floor will be poured this weekend," the Enterprise reported.
"Construction of a new mortuary in Eagle is expected to begin early next week, according to owner Dick Morgan." The new business was located in the Mayer neighborhood, south of the school house.
Bob Shelton, longtime salesman and car sales manager at Koonce Chevrolet, was named general manager of the operation. Company owner Harold Koonce announced he would devote his time to the operation of his other business, Hometown Supply Company.
Ole Juhlin of Gypsum celebrated his 88th birthday.
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Week of July 31, 1952
Democrats Paul Orgish of McCoy and Carl Foster of Eagle were set to face off in a primary election for the party's Eagle County Commissioner nomination.
After reading a story about Eagle's effort to develop the town park property, former resident Lucy Kleckner sent a $5 check to help with the effort.
A riding horse belonging to George Macdonell was killed when it was struck by lighting at the family ranch on Brush Creek.
"My Friend Flicka" was the featured movie at the Eagle Theater.
Week of July 31, 1942
A local outbreak of measles prompted Eagle County Health Director Dr. Paul S. Armour to share information about the disease and how to care for patients.
Eagle's Victory Bond auction was declared "a huge success." Local residents bought $6,000 worth of bonds at the event. In the victory corsage contest, Frances Maliot of Gilman sold the most and Judy Allen of Eagle came in second.
The Wolcott Willing Workers Club met at the home of Mrs. Elsie Pallister for "an interesting discussion on jelly making." Club members also gathered several items for local war donation drives.
In national news, Gene Autry enlisted in the Army Air Corps. "He will not receive a commission according to the Army Air Corps report. But he will get one, of course, eventually - he's bound to because he's the stuff that officers are made of."


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Herald-Tribune reporter Elizabeth Johnson is riding an MCAT bus, part of today's free "Try Transit" event in Manatee and Sarasota counties. All bus rides today are free in both counties.
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It won't be long and Josh Strickland will be a 20 year veteran of radio. He's a multiple-Michigan Association of Broadcasters award winning personality that has consistently dominated multiple demographics since coming to 97.5 NOW FM in 2007. "Strickland" hails from Railroad City U.S.A. (aka Durand, Michigan) where he and his wife, Sarah, and their three children, Madison, Brennan and Sofia, and their two dogs (both rescues) recently returned to settle down.


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SAN JOSE -- Are the Sharks peaking too early?
The team is 8-1-1 since the Olympic break, the NHL's second-best record over that stretch. So it wasn't unreasonable that the question was thrown at Sharks coach Todd McLellan after his team shut out the New York Rangers 1-0 on Sunday to complete a 3-0 trip.
His answer?
"If we are," he began, "you don't want to take your foot off the gas by any means." Then he reconsidered a bit: "The playoffs are still a little ways away. We've got work."
That work resumes Tuesday night against the Florida Panthers, and McLellan's biggest challenge may be keeping his players from looking ahead 48 hours.
That's when the Anaheim Ducks arrive for the first of two showdowns that could determine who wins the Pacific Division title -- and dodges the Los Angeles Kings in the first round. The Sharks and Ducks meet again April 9 in Anaheim.
Couture had an explanation when asked why the team is having that level of success while at a man disadvantage.
"The way it is with power plays these days, they usually have four or five forwards on them," Couture said. "So if you can get isolated one-on-one with a forward who's trying to play deep, it usually works in your favor. Patty's (Marleau) goal against Pittsburgh was on (Evgeni) Malkin, mine was on (Brad) Richards. That's just the way teams are going with their power plays, so we just try and take advantage of it."
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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Book Review: SOA Made Simple by L. Dikmans and R.v.Luttikhuizen
By Frank Nimphius-Oracle on Feb 20, 2013
Just finished reading "SOA Made Simple" by Lonneke Dikmans and Ronald van Luttikhuizen, published in 12/2012 by Packt Publishing and use this summary to share my thoughts.
"SOA Made Simple" is a very good book that - beside of helping readers to do SOA right - will have an impact to how you look at going out for breakfast. The "breakfast example" is one of the great samples that the authors consistently use throughout the book.In addition, this book is well written and covers really no fluff but just stuff. Reading this book you learn what SOA is, the benefit it brings to IT, as well as how you design and model your SOA and services.
Whenever Packt asks me to review and write about a new book, I ask for a printed copy so I can annotate the page with comments and questions. My copy of this 257 page book has a lot of annotations, mostly about information I want to share in my review.Too many annotations, which clearly indicates I liked the book, though I am not directly involved in SOA (which probably makes me the perfect candidate for reading this book). According to the Preface, yes I read this too, the book is "for anyone (architect, designer, developer, administrator, team lead) who is implementing or is about to implement SOA in anIT-related environmenet". Well, I would call this mission accomplished and recommend you to buy this book for your learning and career.
So lets have a look what this book covers and what I liked so much:
Chapter 1: Understanding the Problem
This chapter is a well structured introduction to the current state of IT that leads to a problem statement that demands for SOA to come for the rescue. However, though A SOA book, the authors don't make it too obvious that SOA is the answer. The chapter also gives you some questions by hand you should ask before starting a SOA project so you ensure your decision is right before starting a SOA project. This chapter also introduces the examples (I already mentioned the diner for breakfast, but there also is an insurance business and others).
Chapter 2: The Solution
This chapter introduces services and the SOA term. It does so not from a pure technical perspective and without calling WS* services too soon. Or would you have considered the waiter service in a diner to be a service? In fact it is and therefore services don't need to be SOAP or REST to be called a service. SOAP and REST come into play later, when the talk is about standards and SOA.
Chapter 3: Service Identification and Design
This chapter introduces various concepts around the design of services like top-down, bottom-up and meet-in-the-middle. Walking towards WS services, this chapter summarizes and explains service characteristics. Unless you are a WS expert already, this is one of the chapters that really help you to understand what a service should be, how isolated and de-coupled it must/can be and how complex IT architectures can be mapped to a sensible service oriented architecture.Here you get a good analogy of services to lasagna (really good examples that stick as pictures)
Ps.: As a note to the publisher, I think the images on page 73 and 74 are in the wrong order. Too late though, the ink has dried.
Chapter 4: Classification of Services
This chapter allows you to organize services into elementary services, composite services and process services. It also covers the difference between service composition (BPM/BPEL) and aggregation (ESB, client). Other concepts for organizing services in this book are: granularity, actor (who works with a service), channel of access, security requirements and many more.
Chapter 5: The SOA Platform
This chapter switches gear for a moment and uses SOA terminology that hasn't been introduced until here but is getting explained in the following. The chapter also talks about REST and SOAP services as first class citizen technologies in a SOA. This chapter thus is where you learn about ESB, BPM, Case Management, Events, Business rules and user interfaces to SOA (which is also where Oracle ADF gets its mentioning). A lot of pages are dedicated to service security, design and develpment tools.
Chapter 6: Solution Architectures
Chapter 6 is one of my favorites and compares SOA offerings and suites provided by Oracle, IBM and Microsoft, allowing readers to understand what each of these vendors has to offer and how products could integrate. The chapter doesn't announce a winner, which I think would be a bad move for a generic SOA book, but really saves you from investigating this yourself. As the authors stress it, it is important to understand what is best in breed for a project and where you shop this best looking at the full package.
Chapter 7: Creating a Roadmap, How to Spend Your Money and When
This chapter discusses what it takes to implement SOA in a company: stake holders, requirements, wrong and right expectations, benefits and money gains. Personally I think the graph on page 1999 is a great idea for showing what you can expect on each of the stages involved when implementing SOA. Its really well done.
Chapter 8: Life Cycle Management
What you build today is what you maintain tomorrow and throw away the day after tomorrow. This basically is what the authors call the the lifecycle of SOA solutions. and in fact its all about change management and the conflict that exists between developer and administration personnel that both have a different agenda. Governance plays into this as well. Basically you learn that you need to keep the "eye on the bal" during the realization of SOA architectures.
Chapter 9: Pick your Battles
This chapter is all about how to get people to buy in to a SOA architecture and how to ensure that the implementation - especially when implemented in distributed teams and by different departments - follows defined rules and definitions without being prohibitive to change.
Chapter 10: Methodologies and SOA
This chapter discusses the impact SOA has to different aspects of software development and provides methodologies to use.
In case you did not order the book while reading my review, here's a dense list for why you should:
- Clear story line
- Chapters that make sense and float
- No fluff just stuff
- Explaining complex concepts simple in real life examples
- Back / Forward references
- External document references
- Good SOA coverage from a project perspective looking at SOA as a whole and not just services
The one thing I wanted to have immediately when reading this book was a second book that closely follows this book's chapters and that - by example - shows how to implement various SOA components for people to have example code and instructions. This could be using the Oracle stack (preferred) but also would be valuable for any of the other introduced vendors. However, code and implementation samples was not in focus for this book and this is good the way it is.