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SANTA CLARA -- Kyle Williams won't be playing for the 49ers on Sunday, but the team remains hopeful that tight end Vernon Davis and safety Eric Reid will be cleared to face the New Orleans Saints.
Williams, the punt returner best known for his miscues in the 2012 NFC Championship game, was cut Tuesday after two seasons of ineffectiveness and injury.
The 49ers also waived cornerback Perrish Cox. Those moves created two roster spots, and while rookie linebacker Nick Moody filled one in his return from a fractured hand, the 49ers haven't announced who'll fill the other. They could be waiting to see how Davis and Reid recover this week.
Davis and Reid were back in the locker room for the first time since suffering concussions in Sunday's loss to Carolina. They looked and said they're feeling fine and both plan to follow normal, post-concussion protocol this week before they can be cleared for Sunday's game at New Orleans.
"I'm doing fine, feeling great and just taking it one day at a time," Davis said Tuesday. "I have to wait for doctors to let me know what I can do next."
Davis described this concussion as "mild" as compared to one that knocked him out of a game last Dec. 23 in Seattle. He and Reid were in the locker room together as the 49ers finished out their 10-9 loss Sunday to the Carolina Panthers.
"I didn't really have too many symptoms," Davis said. "My memory was good. My balance was OK."
Davis left the game after landing on his head and shoulder, as safety Mike Mitchell helped break up a Colin Kaepernick to Davis pass near the Panthers' 5-yard line.
Davis' goal Tuesday was to "break a sweat," and he did that by riding an exercise bike and lifting weights. Once they pass neurological tests, Davis and Reid will need to clear a light-contact session.
Considering he's had multiple concussions in an 11-month span, Davis admitted it's "tough" to weigh health concerns while concentrating on a game: "Concussions, that's one of the biggest (injuries) right there. Anytime you're about to make contact with someone, you're thinking about your head."
Reid, in a brief interview, simply said he's "doing good" and will follow the same steps he took after a Sept. 15 concussion in Seattle.
After a solid debut Sunday as a punt returner, James officially seizes a role Williams struggled in, dating back to his infamous gaffes in the NFC Championship game loss to the New York Giants on Jan. 22, 2012.
"I learned a lot from Kyle," James said. "He's a good player and did a lot of good things here, and it shouldn't be dictated by one bad game. I'm going to try to pick up the slack."
Williams' roster fate looked doomed when he got stripped of his return-specialist duties after a poor showing Oct. 27 in London. With Michael Crabtree and Mario Manningham sidelined, Williams couldn't fill the 49ers' receiving void (12 receptions, 113 yards, no touchdowns) for the league's last-ranked pass offense (173.9 yards per game).
Meanwhile, Wright moves into the No. 4 cornerback role and should have a busy debut Sunday against the high-scoring Saints, whom he's faced four times since 2010.
"First and foremost, they have good players, headed by a good quarterback who's playing at an extremely high level," Wright said. "They do a lot to confuse defenses and catch you off guard. ... I'm honing in on learning this defense as a whole."
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.
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A Jolt of Caffeine for Ubuntu 7.04
By barton808 on Apr 19, 2007
As I mentioned in my last entry, back in November Sun and Canonical
announced that GlassFish would be included in the next Ubuntu release.
Well today's the day. Ubuntu 7.04 nee "Feisty Fawn" is out and not
only is GlassFish v1 included in the Ubuntu Multiverse but so are
NetBeans 5.5, JDK 6 and Java DB 10.2 -- the whole Java stack in one
location. A big plus for developers looking to harness Java with
minimal hassles. (Check out the details)
Getting to Today: The effort to package these puppys for inclusion turned out to be no small feat. Sun is new to the packaging game and there is quite steep learning curve. Thanks to a lot of late nights and a few weekends Tom Marble and Harpreet Singh, with a bunch of help and advice from the Canonical crew and Sun legal, got it done. (Ironically, Canonical will be coming out to Sun's Menlo Park campus in a couple of weeks to put on a technical workshop explaining, among other things, how to package for Ubuntu.)
Getting to Tomorrow: In general the distro model with its modular packages is where Sun needs to get to. We need this so that we can get more of our software into GNU/Linux distros and we need this for our own Solaris. The monolithic-wad model that we've been employing works fine for our more traditional customer but isnt the right approach for the growth (or as Sun calls it "Red Shift") market. The hyper growth market needs to be able to rapidly include and assemble components and functionality themselves. This requires packaging and package management. I know that Ian's been talking about this as has Greg P. I would love to see us packaging more of our software for inclusion in Ubuntu as well as other distros.
But thats Tomorrow...today, a huge toast to the Ubuntu community for delivering another great release (right on time!) and to Tom, Harpreet and the Canonical crew for making sure that it was fully caffeinated!
P.S. In honor of this red-letter day we have created special commemorative mints and gum.

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TRACY - The Tracy Police Department arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder Tuesday following last week's shooting at a busy Tracy shopping mall, authorities said.
A SWAT team assisted other officers in serving a search warrant about 7 a.m. in the 800 block of Allegheny Court, police said. Lorenzo Hotel, 18, was taken into custody without incident and booked at the San Joaquin County Jail, authorities said.
Hotel was wanted in connection with a shooting that occurred Friday at the West Valley Mall, police said. Bullets pierced a sliding glass door and a window at the mall's main entrance, but no one was injured, authorities said. Investigators were still trying to determine who the intended victim was, police said.
STOCKTON - Police arrested two people Monday night following a pursuit that ended when a drunken driver crashed into a traffic signal in south Stockton, authorities said.
Officers attempted to stop the vehicle about 11:10 p.m. near Pock Lane and Carpenter Road, but the driver failed to yield, police said. The driver hit a pole at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and South B Street.
The driver and a passenger attempted to flee on foot, but they were apprehended nearby, authorities said. Winn Her, 24, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, driving with a license suspended for drunken driving, hit-and-run resulting in property damage, and other crimes, and Bee Her, 20, was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest, authorities said.
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By Michaela Seika-Oracle on Jun 11, 2013
July 1st, 2013 at 04:00 pm CET (03:00 PM GMT)
Dear Partner,
I am pleased to inform the availability of new Oracle Partner Network web page forInnovations in Applications - webcast. Please bookmark this Innovations in Applications webcast URL for your further usage.
I am also pleased to invite you to join the next Innovations in Applications - webcast.Innovations in Applications will present Oracle Product's new functions and features including sales positioning. The key objectives of these webcasts are to inspire Partner's personnel to conduct successful sales, after sales and delivery at their Customer. Moreover, we aim to inspire you to conduct further Product Training and Certifications. And finally we'll provide you a chance to join Ecosystem's Product specific Community to learn and to contribute.
Innovations in Applications will be presented as per the schedule below after the billable day (4:00 to 5:00 PM CET). The webcast is intended for Partner's Implementation Certified Specialists but Innovations in Applications is open for other Partner's personnel as well. At first, Oracle representative will discuss Oracle's contribution to partners. Then you will see product breakout session followed by Q&A with Oracle Experts. Each session will last for maximum 1 hour. A Q&A document covering all questions and answers will be made available after the webcast.
What are the Benefits for partners?
- Find out how Innovations in Applications helps you to improve your sales, after sales and delivery
- Discover new functions and features so you can enrich your Customers's solution
- Learn more about Oracle products, especially sales positioning
- Hear crucial questions raised by colleague alike, learn from their interest
- Engage and present your questions to subject experts
- Be inspired of the richness of Oracle's product portfolio – for your and your customer's benefit.
- Be inspired to seek further Product Training and Certifications - Make your competence known and recognized! Brand yourself!
Note: Should you already be familiar with a specific Product, then choose another one. Doing so you would expand your knowledge of the overall product portfolio. Some presentations contain product demonstration, although these presentations are not intended to be extremely detailed technical presentations.
Product breakout sessions available on July 1st:
Useful Links for you to bookmark:
- To access previously presented Products presentations and Public Sector Value Proposition presentations, please clickhere.
- You might want to bookmark the Enablement blog page Oracle Partner Enablement. Please check this regularly as we publish lots of good content here just for you.
- You might want to bookmark the Knowledge Zones page for solution-focused pages designed to jump start your path towards Specialization.
- You might want to bookmark the global event calendar page events.oracle.com.
Delivery Format
Innovations in Applications – program is a series of FREE prerecorded Oracle product presentations followed by Q&A. It will be delivered over the Web. Participants have the opportunity to submit questions during the web cast via chat and subject matter experts will provide verbal answers live.
Innovations in Applications consists of several parallel prerecorded product breakout sessions, each lasting for max. 1 hour. At first, Oracle representative will discuss Oracle's contribution to Partners. Then you'll see the product breakout sessions followed by Q&A with Oracle Experts. A Q&A document covering all questions and answers will be made available after the webcast.
You can also see Innovations in Applications afterwards as its content will be available online for the next 6-12 months.
The next Innovations in Applications web casts will be presented as follows:
- July 1st 2013
- October 7th 2013.
- January 13th 2014
- April 7th 2014.
Maximum 1 hour
For further information please contact me Markku Rouhiainen.
Best regards,
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Oil palm harvests take place twice a month and last for a week. Motorbikes are loaded with kernel and taken to Dosan were the harvest is weighed. The fruit is then taken by truck to a milling station in Lubuk Dalam. Oil palm plantations have expanded rapidly over the past two decades in Indonesia, clearing large swathes of natural forest and critical peatland areas. Promises of economic development and jobs to local communities have not come true for many. An innovative, independent small-holder approach has delivered social and economic benefits and helped protect the remaining forest. The Dosan community has committed to protecting its forests and moving to improved environmental management practices that include zero burning, no herbicide use and improved water management to maintain the peatland water system.05/15/2012
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Out Magazine Celebrates Its 'Most Compelling People'
At the entrance to the Out100 party in New York's Chelsea neighborhood on Thursday night, Aviva Drescher, from the cast of "The Real Housewives of New York City," said as flashes popped, "I'm just here to support the LGBT community," throwing up her hands and smiling, "and spread the love."
That's about as serious as things got at Out magazine's celebration of its "most compelling people of the year," an evening ostensibly to celebrate people who have been important to the gay community this year, but is really just a big party, much to everyone's pleasure.
Passed plates included shrimp cocktail in shot glasses, one shrimp atop a dollop of sauce. The volume of skinny pants suggested a lot of people there might make a full meal from one of those shot glasses. Carb-conscious suspicions were confirmed by the lines at the sponsor bars — the Peroni beer bar had a line that ranged between small and nonexistent, whereas the Ketel One vodka bar had an early horde in front that seemed to lodge itself and not budge.
Rugby star and anti-bullying advocate Ben Cohen was there with his wife, cheerfully snapping photos with anybody who asked. A drag queen identifying herself as Pussy Couture summed up the very non-serious mood succinctly. "It's honoring people, but there's not a lot of honoring going on. It's an excuse to get dressed up."
Nods to the Out100 honorees — many of whom were not in attendance — were mostly limited to a few monitors and wall displays with photos of notables such as New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn with her wife, Kim Catullo. Others on Out's list ranged from the obvious, Boy George and Jane Lynch, to the more obscure.
Ingrid Jungermann, a designated "web star" for her work including a web series called "The Slope," said that being named to Out's list made her feel like she'd moved beyond the point when she'd first come to New York "on the train, and I was so lonely, and so broke." Then laughing, she said, "now I'm just broke."
The presiding DJ in a metallic gold sport coat blasted out beats by gay favorites like Robyn and Scissor Sisters, but nobody danced — everyone seemed satisfied to schmooze and tipple. Sharon Needles, current title-holder for RuPaul's Drag Race, tottered in on high heels in a skin-tight leopard print mini-dress, a white coat over her shoulders and platinum hair swaying in the breeze. Her title on Out's list of compelling people? "Style maker."
Justin Garrett, Out's vice president of digital sales, said the list of honorees was meant to focus on people who have "given to the community" during the year — and that the party was a chance to celebrate them, have fun with friends, and nod to other up-and-comers in the community (who needed an invite to make it past the iPad-wielding door guards). And, he said, the party "kinda kicks off the holidays."


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Steve Thomas has never been one to back down from a challenge-and living with a major vision impairment he's had his share. But that hasn't stopped Thomas from running for and winning Marietta's 3rd Ward Council seat and serving the last six years on the Rehabilitation Services Consumer Advocacy Council of Ohio board of which he is co-chairman.
So it's probably not surprising that Thomas, 58, has taken on his most recent challenge of training to become an emergency medical technician-possibly the first sitting Marietta city councilman to do so.
"I'd been thinking about it for about a year, but was just able to start classes in January," he said. "I go to many events and conferences where a lot of people with a wide variety of disabilities may be present, and you never know when
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SAM SHAWVER The Marietta Times
Marietta Councilman Steve Thomas, accompanied by his service dog, Artemus, was among 11 students in Dave Ankrom's basic emergency medical technician class at Washington State Community College Wednesday afternoon.
something could happen and someone with EMT skills could help save a life."
Thomas himself was in need of emergency medical attention when he suffered a stroke last June.
"It was June 17 and we had just returned home around midnight from a class reunion," he recalled. "And about 2 a.m. I was hit by a stroke. When the ambulance arrived the crew's skills saved my life. I could have ended up in a wheelchair or worse."
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EMT bound
- Marietta 3rd Ward City Councilman Steve Thomas has enrolled in the emergency medical technician training course at Washington State Community College.
- Completion of the 15-week course will provide Thomas with a basic EMT certification on the National EMT Registry.
- For information about EMT courses at WSCC, go to http://www.wscc.edu/programs-and-certificates/health-sciences/emergency-medical-technician.html or call Dave Ankrom at 350-5538.
That experience also had some bearing on his decision to pursue EMT certification.
"I was intrigued by how they knew what to do and were able to help," Thomas said.
After some rehabilitation time, he started EMT classes Jan. 14 at Washington State Community College under instructor Dave Ankrom.
"We meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 5 to 10 p.m.," Thomas said. "It's a basic skills class where we learn about checking blood pressure, keeping airways clear for breathing and screening patients to determine what's wrong."
He said the course includes 20 hours of "ride-along" time with local emergency squads, as well as 10 hours working in a hospital emergency room, taking vitals and monitoring patients.
"Last Friday I went on my first runs with the Marietta Fire Department's squad unit," Thomas said. "We had three runs that morning. I was able to administer some oxygen and took some vitals on the patients. I was a little nervous at first, but became more comfortable after the first run."
He's classified as legally blind, having no peripheral vision, but Thomas can read letters and numerals if enlarged enough for him to see.
"I have a blood pressure monitor that has large print so I can read it," he said. "But I'm also learning that a lot of an EMT's job involves hearing and touch, and not so much visual. There's a lot you can do without having perfect vision."
Thomas said everything went well on his first ride-along.
"I think the squad members were pretty surprised," he said.
Instructor David Ankrom said students who complete the 15-week class at WSCC will test for certification with the National EMT Basic Registry as well as the Ohio EMT Basic Registry.
"With that certification they can choose to continue into advanced EMT courses or go to work as volunteer EMTs," he said. "They can also work in hospitals or even for security firms for private industry."
Thomas said he would consider volunteering with a squad.
"If I did, I would probably have to volunteer with the Devola squad, as I live in that district," he said.
Susie Rhodes, chief with the Devola Volunteer Fire Department's Rescue Squad, said people with disabilities can serve with the squad.
"As long as they're certified and can perform the duties assigned and the disability doesn't interfere with their ability to take care of patients," she said. "We would have to determine their abilities on a person by person basis. But we're always looking for more volunteers."
Rhodes noted, in addition to EMT services, there are other services that folks with disabilities can provide for the squad, including administrative duties or auxiliary services.
Thomas hopes the challenges he takes on will help inspire others with disabilities to attempt new experiences, even if others say it can't be done.
Just last weekend he went skiing at the Timberline resort in West Virginia.
"I hadn't been skiing for at least 10 years, but I wore a vest that said 'blind skier' and two guys skied with me, one in front and the other in back," he said. "I got a lot of comments from other skiers there who said it was unbelievable."
Thomas lives by the mantra, "Where there's a will there's a way."
"I've learned to do a lot of things-and I really like a challenge," he said. "I can always find a way to adapt."


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EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Hey, buddy. You wanna buy a book?If you want Splendido chef David Walford's cookbook, and you do, you'll have to be more creative than American Express might like.Walford said his publisher, Jeremy Hamilton, of Northstar Media in Indianapolis, committed two major screw-ups, the kind that keep good people like you from buying great cookbooks from elite chefs such as Walford.First, Walford's book is titled "Wood Fire & Champagne Powder: Colorado Cuisine, Elevated."The Steamboat Springs Ski & Resort Corp. owns the trademark on the phrase "champagne powder," and has for decades, the ski company said in a written statement. That's trademark infringement, and publishers are supposed to check for things like that. Walford said Hamilton gave him the all clear to use "champagne powder" in the book's title, but there was nothing clear about it.Second, Hamilton and his company put the wrong International Standard Book Number (ISBN) on the book, Walford said, so Walford can't sell through online avenues such as Amazon.com, Borders or Barnes & Noble."If you go by that number, you don't get that book," said Jim Hauser, Walford's attorney. "If his publisher had been playing straight with him, if he'd gotten him the right number, maybe David could have done a second printing with an altered title."But Walford will not be looking for a second or third printing of that book, Hauser said."If he publishes another book, and I hope he does because he's up there with the elite chefs in the world, it'll be with a legitimate publisher," Hauser said.Walford received a grouchy-gram from the Steamboat Springs ski company's lawyers, asking politely - or as politely as lawyers do - that he stop selling books with their trademarked phrase in the title and that he stop by the end of 2012.Walford said he has about 600 copies left.Walford and Steamboat worked out their deal a year or so ago, agreeing that he would "phase out" his use of their trademark by the end of 2012."Maybe I can give them away, but I can't sell them," he said.
Walford is proud of his book, and he should be. The recipes are straight from his kitchen, and when you try them, you understand why Splendido has been so successful. Walford was with Sweet Basil through the late 1980s and opened Splendido in Beaver Creek's Chateau in 1994."It's fun having a book. People buy it, and I sign it. We're in a tourist town. It's a great souvenir," Walford said.He paid Hamilton to have it published, but he owns the book free and clear. He has broken even, and that's all he was after, he said."You do it for fun, for the satisfaction. You don't publish books because you think you'll get rich," Walford said.Hamilton's Northstar Media was registered in Indianapolis and appears to be out of business. Hamilton did not return email or calls to his cellphone number. The business number was inoperable and the website, indydine.com, is for sale.
The Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. is just taking care of business, said Mike Lane, the ski company's public relations director. They began using the term champagne powder snow as a trademark decades ago and refiled it in 2008, Lane said."The history of champagne powder goes back to the 1950s, when a local rancher coined the phrase while out skiing Mount Werner. The Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. has been using the term since shortly thereafter as a trademark for the goods and services we offer," Lane said.Let your fingers do the walking through filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and right there it is, Register No. 3,796,193, filed for renewal on Feb. 1, 2008. On June 1, 2010, the USPTO reaffirmed that the phrase "champagne powder" is owned lock, stock and barrel by the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. (a Delaware corporation, by the way)."With the trademark comes the obligation to protect it," Lane said.Staff Writer Randy Wyrick can be reached at 970-748-2935 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Alice Ting (MIT)
MolBio Seminar Series
Alice Ting
Alice Ting has been a faculty member in the MIT Chemistry Department since 2002. Her work has been on the development of probes and reporters for live cell imaging. To simultaneously harness the power of genetics and the power of chemistry, Alice's lab has exploited enzymes that act on both protein and small-molecule substrates. Her lab has developed new technologies for imaging protein trafficking, protein-protein interactions, and enzymatic activity. Current research interests include imaging studies of synapse formation/development, and in vitro evolution of novel enzyme function.
Spatially-resolved proteomic mapping in living cells via peroxidase-mediated promiscuous biotinylation.
Microscopy and mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics are complementary techniques: the former provides spatiotemporal information in living cells, but only for a handful of recombinant proteins at a time, while the latter can detect thousands of endogenous proteins simultaneously, but only in lysed samples. In this talk, I will describe a new technology that combines the strengths of microscopy and MS by generating spatially and temporally-resolved proteomic maps of endogenous proteins within living cells. The method relies on a genetically targetable peroxidase enzyme that biotinylates nearby proteins, which are subsequently identified by MS. We used this approach to identify 495 proteins within the human mitochondrial matrix and 145 proteins within the mitochondrial intermembrane space (IMS), including 50 proteins that have never before been assigned to mitochondria. The labeling was exceptionally specific, able to distinguish between inner membrane proteins facing the matrix versus the IMS. Our catalog also revised the sub-mitochondrial localizations for several well-studied proteins, with the new assignments confirmed by electron microscopy.
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Asics Tokuten (the Japanese word for cheer once a goal has been scored) is a modern take on a classic indoor soccer shoe. It's classic inspiration in a modern interpretation.
The classic looks of this indoor soccer shoe are combined with a gum rubber outsole, rubber cupsole construction, & superior performance fit.
UPPER: Durable synthetic leather with suede toe cap. MIDSOLE: Cushioning EVA. OUTSOLE: Classic non-marking, gum rubber with traction pattern. WEIGHT: 9.4 oz.
Lamentamos que todavia no hay descripción en español para este producto.


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When Bakersfield Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected to Congress just eight years ago, he became part of a trio soon known as the "Young Guns," the faces of a younger generation that would map the GOP's future.
Now two of those guns have misfired -- Paul Ryan wounded in his unsuccessful 2012 bid to be vice president, Eric Cantor felled in last week's primary upset in Virginia. But McCarthy is about to complete his transition from young gun to old hand, all but a shoo-in to succeed Cantor as majority leader when the GOP caucus votes Thursday.
He'll be a GOP leader from one of the nation's most solidly Democratic states -- in fact, the most powerful House Republican California has ever produced. This might contribute to conservatives' distrust, but might benefit the Golden State's Republican House candidates if he uses his new clout to help them stump and raise money.
"Part of Kevin's Achilles' heel is that he comes from a blue state, and traditionally those who rise to leadership tend to come from somewhere their party has been in control," said Jon Fleischman, a former state GOP vice chairman who runs the FlashReport.org conservative news site and is politics editor of Breitbart California.
Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, is McCarthy's only challenger for the House's No. 2 leadership post, arguing McCarthy isn't conservative enough and is too closely aligned with Cantor and Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
"To do the same thing again after the message that grass roots sent in the Cantor race seems crazy to me," said Matt Kibbe, president and CEO of FreedomWorks, a Washington-based conservative grass-roots group backing Labrador. McCarthy's ascent "doesn't bridge the divide between the younger reform-minded members and the GOP establishment," Kibbe said.
McCarthy remains the odds-on favorite, and he's unopposed for re-election to a fifth term this year. But his rise and his changing district mean he'll have to walk a fine line, and Kibbe notes the House GOP will take new leadership votes after November's election.
Some tea partyers distrust McCarthy for favoring a path to legal status, though not full citizenship, for some undocumented immigrants. But back home, his largely rural district -- including most of Kern and Tulare counties, with a bit of northeastern Los Angeles County as well -- is 35 percent Latino, the agriculture-heavy business community supports immigration reform and activists picket his office regularly.
The district's Latino population will keep growing and national pressure will keep building, United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez said Tuesday.
"McCarthy could find himself majority leader for a very short period of time and have no chance at the speakership," Rodriguez said. "If he's thinking long-term and thinking 'I want to be the speaker at some point,' he'd better focus on representing his constituency."
While helping GOP House candidates raise money and attention in San Francisco in 2012, McCarthy said "you're either a thermometer or a thermostat" -- a thermostat being someone who not only can take a room's temperature but also knows how to change it.
He sees himself as a thermostat. He's an outspoken critic of California's high-speed rail project, battles Democrats on the state's water policy, and arguably is the GOP's point man on wooing Silicon Valley. Last year he brought a group of Republican House members from across the nation to tour the area, meeting leading tech entrepreneurs at Google, Facebook and elsewhere.
"As a fellow Californian, I am proud of Kevin's leadership in the House and his work to promote conservative values," said former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, now a Stanford professor and Hoover Institution senior fellow. "I admire how he cares deeply about the American people and I know wherever he goes his work will reflect his dedication to serve."
Yet many prominent conservative pundits don't like him, an antipathy especially visible in recent days.
Syndicated talk-show host Mark Levin last week called him "dimwitted, "pro-amnesty" and "disastrous." Talk-show host and Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham said he's "joined at the hip" with Cantor and Boehner on immigration reform. And RedState.com editor-in-chief Erick Erickson wrote that McCarthy "lacks Cantor's intelligence on a number of issues" and "is just another in a long line of big spenders who thinks the Democrats in charge of government are the problem, not government itself."
Sal Russo, a veteran GOP strategist who cofounded the Sacramento-based Tea Party Express, said it's less about specific issues like immigration and more about overall tactics and "disappointment over what Republicans failed to do when they controlled the White House, the House and the Senate." Every politician starts out as an insurgent but those days are long behind McCarthy, Russo said -- now he's seen as part of an establishment that hasn't delivered on conservative promises.
Fleischman said that while some lawmakers tend more toward being policy wonks, "Kevin is the most political member of Congress I've ever met."
"In his new role, he's going to be all over the country raising money for candidates, everyone is going to be in his ear seeking to influence him, but the people who are advantaged are the ones who got to know him before he was the big cheese."
Josh Richman covers politics. Contact him at 510-208-6428. Follow him at Twitter.com/josh_richman. Read the Political Blotter at IBAbuzz.com/politics.
Kevin McCarthy
Age: 49
Hometown: Bakersfield
Experience: House majority whip, 2011-present; congressman, 2007-present; assemblyman, 2002-06 (Assembly minority leader, 2004-06); chairman of the Young Republican National Federation, 1999-2001
Education: Bachelor's degree in marketing (1989) and MBA (1994), Cal State Bakersfield
Family: Married, two children
Random facts: He won $5,000 in the lottery and used it to open a deli at age 19. His middle name is Owen. He helped actor Kevin Spacey prepare for his "House of Cards" role, and they've remained friends. When in Washington, McCarthy sleeps on a sofa in his office.


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Night Surfing
Photograph by Fabrice Jaine, My Shot
Whether used to augment ambient light or produce effects of its own, flash can be a valuable and versatile tool. In this gallery, learn principles and techniques for using flash to enhance the scene without overpowering the shot.
Here, the use of flash allows the photographer to capture the water's multiple reflections on both the sand and the body of the subject.
Photo Tip: Pay attention to what is behind your subject before snapping the first shot. The goal is to ensure that there aren't any reflective surfaces that could bounce light from the flash back to the camera.
Chez George Nightclub
Photograph by Stephen Alvarez, National Geographic
A crowd dances at an underground nightclub.
Photo Tip: A combination of available light and flash allows you to capture a scene that might not be achievable with ambient light alone, while still retaining the integrity of the color and mood.
Photograph by Karim Iliya, My Shot
A chameleon sits on a rose in Lebanon.
Photo Tip: You can easily diffuse the hard light typically caused by a flash by either "bouncing" the light—positioning the flash so that it fires into a photographic umbrella—or placing a white handkerchief or tissue paper in front of the flash. Both methods force the light to be spread out, producing fewer shadows.
Boat Hull at Sunset
Photograph by Phil McKinney, Your Shot
The hull of a wrecked boat sits on a beach at sunset.
Photo Tip: Think of outdoor flash as a two-step process. Establish your ambient light setting first, then establish your flash setting. This allows for more creative and unique photos.
Tumbleweed, Bonneville Salt Flats
Photograph by John Burcham, National Geographic
A tumbleweed is captured in midair over Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats.
Photo Tip: If you do a lot of flash or fill flash photography, use a battery pack for your electronic flash unit. It stores considerably more power than the AA batteries used in most units. You'll get a lot more flashes and you won't have to wait as long for the flash to recycle.
Boy in Chair
Photograph by Derek Mann, Your Shot
A boy lounges in a chair on a Saturday afternoon.
Photo Tip: When using an electronic flash indoors, move your subject away from walls to prevent harsh shadows.
Morobe Singsing Festival
Photograph by Roy Toft, National Geographic
A participant in the Gawaya Group wears traditional dress during the Morobe Singsing festival in Papua New Guinea
Photo Tip: Get this effect, called flash blur, by setting your camera on a slow shutter speed and allowing the flash to freeze the action in the frame.
Rainstorm, India
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Rain falls on grass and trees near Panvel in Maharashtra, India.
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A Q&A with Bend Research
Enhancing bioavailability can be achieved through hot-melt extrusion (HME) or spray drying. The drug product's API properties and stage of development are important factors to consider when deciding which technique to use. There are also considerations to be made with regard to process, time, and cost. To gain perspective on these issues as well as insight into more recent advances in HME and spray drying, Pharmaceutical Technology spoke to Bend Research, an independent drug-formulation development and manufacturing company based in Bend, Oregon.
Choosing the right techniquePharmTech: One tool for bioavailability enhancement is to create amorphous solid dispersions through such processes as hot-melt extrusion (HME) or spray drying. What factors come into play when deciding whether to produce the amorphous solid dispersions through HME or spray drying?
Bend Research: Both spray drying and HME can be used to produce amorphous dispersions that enhance the bioavailability of poorly soluble compounds. There are a number of factors that come into play when deciding to progress an amorphous dispersion. These include performance, projected dose, stability, and manufacturability. When choosing which technology to employ for optimizing the amorphous dispersion formulation's performance, two key factors are: the physical-chemical properties of the API and the phase of development, which influences the amount of API available for formulation development.
Important physical–chemical properties include the solubility of the API in either a solvent (for spray drying) or polymer (for HME), the melting temperature of the API, and the LogP value of the API. For spray drying, the solubility of the API in the solvent is crucial to ensure a readily scalable and viable process, whereas for HME, the solubility of the API in the polymer is crucial to ensure a thermodynamically stable system. The particle size of the API, which influences the dissolution rate during processing, can also be crucial for complete dissolution into the polymer melt.
The processing temperature is important for HME because the API must either melt to form a dispersion or dissolve through high shear forces into the molten polymer. If the processing temperature is too high, the compound or the polymer used in the formulation can degrade. Typically, 200 °C to 225 °C is regarded as the upper processing-temperature limit for an effective HME process. Although compounds can be extruded at higher processing temperatures, this physical situation often produces a partially crystalline formulation instead of an amorphous dispersion.
The phase of development is also an important factor in process selection. For example, for early-stage or discovery-support activities, API availability is often limited. This limited API availability tends to make spray drying the preferable process because its feasibility can be determined with as little as 50 to 100 mg of API, whereas several grams of API are typically required to develop an initial HME process. For APIs that are amenable to HME, typically after proof-of-concept clinical studies, when hundreds of grams of API are available, an initial spray-drying process can be converted from spray drying to HME.


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Slatkins Ring NASDAQ Closing Bell to End Autism Awareness Month
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Autism Speaks Board Member Laura Slatkin, and Harry Slatkin, president of Home Design for Limited Brands and of Slatkin & Co., founders of the New York Center for Autism (NYCA), rang the closing bell at the NASDAQ stock market on April 30 in honor of Autism Awareness Month. The Slatkins were joined by supporters and employees of Autism Speaks and NYCA. Visit the NASDAQ site for more photos and video.
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- Jul 2:
- Santa Clara County same-sex couples celebrate marriages on Monday
- Jun 30:
- San Francisco Pride Parade: Downtown packed as marchers make their way up Market Street
- Gay marriage: Justice Kennedy denies request to stop California weddings
- San Francisco: Gay Pride parade turns into celebration on an epic scale
- Gay marriage opponents ask Supreme Court to halt same-sex weddings
- Jun 29:
- Supreme Court rulings on same-sex unions place spotlight on the weathered institution of marriage
- Same-sex couples marry at San Francisco City Hall as city celebrates Pride weekend
- Jun 28:
- Prop. 8 stay lifted, same-sex weddings can resume immediately
- San Francisco: Huge crowds expected for this weekend's gay pride parade, festivities
- Jun 27:
- July 28 Readers' letters: The Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage
- Prop. 8 case was once seen as a Supreme Court long shot
- Jun 26:
- Prop. 8: Bay Area's gay rights advocates celebrate same-sex marriage rulings
- Gay marriage: Proposition 8 appears doomed in California after Supreme Court ruling
- Cassidy: Twitter moved us toward the Supreme Court's DOMA and Proposition 8 rulings on same-sex marriage
- Prop. 8 ruling: Bay Area marriage license officials eager to serve same-sex couples
- Gay marriage: How TV helped nudge society on the issue
- Biz Break: Google, Apple celebrate Supreme Court's same-sex marriage rulings, markets rise again
- Prop. 8, DOMA: Q-and-A
- Bay Area lawmakers' reactions to marriage rulings
- Timeline: Key dates in the American gay rights movement
- Bay Area rallies planned for DOMA, Prop. 8 decisions
- Prop. 8: Supreme Court ends California ban on gay marriage but fight remains
- Obama on DOMA: 'Supreme Court has righted a wrong'
- Mercury News editorial: Prop. 8, DOMA fall; it is a great day
- Document: California Attorney General Kamala Harris addresses marriage licenses
- Document: U.S. Supreme Court ruling on DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act
- Raw Video: Prop 8 Supreme Court decision reactions
- Document: U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8 and gay marriage
- Prop. 8 and DOMA: Bay Area greets gay marriage rulings with joy
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The crowd near the intersection of Castro and Market streets had swelled and ebbed throughout the day, hooting and hollering in the morning when the Supreme Court announced its historic rulings on same-sex marriage, then shrinking as many people headed off to work.
About 6 p.m., as pedestrians took over the street and hundreds turned to thousands, a DJ cued up the Village People's 1977 debut single, "San Francisco (You Got Me)."
"Freedom, freedom is in the air, yeah!"
The crowd leapt to its feet. American and rainbow flags filled the air. The celebration had begun -- and with San Francisco's Pride celebration slated for this weekend, hundreds of thousands of people will be celebrating like never before.
Stuart Milk, nephew of slain San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, told the crowd that he was thrilled to be addressing a crowd in the Castro, more than three decades after his uncle had done the same.
"To echo my uncle's famous words, I want to recruit you," Stuart Milk said. "You've gotta give them hope, and that's what we're doing here in San Francisco tonight."
"This is a breath of fresh air," said Larry Pascua, of San Francisco. "It is such a relief. Pride weekend has so much more meaning, and there is so much more to celebrate."
Mark Chambers and Cullen Holliman, together as a couple for 31 years, were one of the 18,000 couples married in 2008, when a judge's ruling allowed same-sex marriage for several months before the passage of Proposition 8.
They were as happy Wednesday as the day they were married.
"Today is wonderful," Chambers said. "The next step is equality across the board."
In Oakland, supporters painted a giant rainbow flag on the ground at Telegraph Avenue and 19th Street as hundreds more gathered to celebrate.
Brendalynn Goodall, president of the East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club, came out with her partner of 21 years to celebrate. Goodall's partner is a federal employee, and now she can apply for long-term care insurance, she said.
"We're in a loving and committed relationship, and we wanted to celebrate with everyone else," Goodall said. "Now our LGBT brothers and sisters can get married and we're here to celebrate that."
Lea Arellano, an ordained minister from Oakland, said she had already presided over four same-sex marriage ceremonies Wednesday at the party in Oakland, setting couples up to file their marriage licenses as soon as the state reinstates same-sex marriage in about a month. She added that she herself may follow suit.
"I can get married now," said Arellano, 62. I have a sweetheart, and now I have the choice."
She's married couples for more than 30 years and called Wednesday a "joyous day" but noted more challenges ahead for the LGBTQ community. "We need to get this passed in the rest of the country and to make it nationwide and global," she said.
Morgan Henry, 31, one of the organizers of the Oakland event, said the East Bay had to be home to its own unique celebration.
"We love San Francisco, but we didn't want everybody to head over there and celebrate," Henry said. "We needed to have our own 'Hella Oaktown Pride' celebration.
"(The court's decisions) just felt like a really big deal, it felt like a big sigh of relief," he said. "I've just been thinking about all of the families and all of the couples and kids who just want to have the same rights as everybody else.
"We all want to be recognized the same, be protected by the federal government to properly raise our family and take care of our partners and be recognized as human beings who love and work and function in society like everybody else does."
Jayne Dean-McGilpin, 56, and her wife, Sue Dean-McGilpin, 53, of Oakland, have been together as a couple for 15 years and were also married in 2008.
"(There is) still a lot of work to be done," Sue Dean-McGilpin said Wednesday in Oakland. "(Same-sex marriage) needs to be recognized in all states. I feel that our marriage is threatened by the fact that there isn't equal justice throughout the United States."
In San Jose, a diverse and colorful group grew to more than 250, listening to shout-outs and cheers as well as lamentations of past injustices from politicians and gay couples taking the a microphone in front of City Hall.
All were drowned out momentarily by a passing fire engine that blasted its horn in approval.
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President Ken Yeager said he looks forward to the county resuming same-sex marriages.
"Every time I walk to my office, there's a window where you go to get married," he said. "I always thought there should be a sign there that said 'For straight people only.' Well, that's no longer the case. The marriage window is open for everyone."
San Jose small business owner Angella Tai kicked off the speakers, saying she never thought she would stand in front of an equality rally.
"I never thought I had equal rights," she said, after leading the crowd through a "get used to it" hue and cry.
"I was afraid to come out and be myself, be a lesbian," she said. "Today, I heard the decision and started to cry because now I have the opportunity to marry the love of my life."
Tai wrapped up the rally with a twist on an oft-chanted call and response.
"What did we win?" "Freedom!" "When did we win it?" "Today!"
Palmer Lamb, a San Francisco resident since 1991, has seen the ups and downs of the fight for gay rights.
"My window to be a trophy wife is closing, so I was excited to hear I have a little more time," he said with a laugh. "It is still sad that this is not everywhere, but it is great for California. I'm glad to see people did not give up on their activism."
Straight allies of the gay rights movement were also at the rallies. Lindsey Freitas, a San Jose mother, brought her daughters to San Francisco. She said she and her husband had always taught them that "people can love whoever they want.
"I want them to know that this fight has been going on long before they were born. My daughter woke up this morning and immediately asked if today's decision meant her two uncles could finally marry. I told her 'Yes,' and she was just so excited."
"This is not just a fight that is being fought by the LGBT community. I am married to a man, and I am here and want to fight just as much. This is everyone's fight."


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Mount St. Helens view worth the effort
|A hiker takes in the view Mount Rainier and Spirit Lake from the crater rim of Mount St. Helens. (Craig Hill/Tacoma News Tribune/MCT)
"Two weeks ago there was a snowfield right here," he said, pointing at an ashy saddle between two humps on the crater rim. "My daughter was a little nervous when she crossed it."
From the same spot on his first trip, Zagar and his kids couldn't even see into the crater because their view was blocked by massive snow cornices.
On his second trip, July 31, he was enjoying an unobstructed view of St. Helens' new dome and the Crater Glacier.
"It's pretty amazing," Zagar said.
Choosing the best time to hike to the top of Mount St. Helens is a matter of personal preference. And every trip has the potential to be different.
Some choose the winter for a "full-on mountaineering experience," climbing ranger Heather Latham said. Some choose early spring and early summer so they can hike over snow without having to endure winter conditions.
Other climbers like to wait until August, September and October when much of the snow has melted. "It's more of a dusty scramble," Latham said. "... Some people just feel more comfortable off of the snow."
Hiking in October has the added benefit of being the time of year when a $22 permit is easiest to acquire.
Standing at Climbers Bivouac, the trailhead for the most popular St. Helens climbing route, the task of hiking up the volcano can seem daunting.
The grey and white slopes of the mountain look impossibly steep and the summit might seem too far to reach in just one morning.
But many who've hiked to the top will tell you the hardest part is getting a permit.
Of course, most of the people saying this do so well after their 5-mile, 4,500-vertical-feet climb is complete. Memories of sweeping above-the-cloud views last much longer than sore legs.
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument limits the number of climbing permits issued to 100 per day from May 15-Oct. 31, and almost every summer day sells out.
When the permits go on sale each winter on the Mount St. Helens Institute website, it's not uncommon for most weekend passes to sell out in a matter of hours. July and August permits also go quickly. September passes take longer to sell. As of Aug. 28, there were still 22 permits available.
For those who miss out on the initial rush to get a permit, September and October are ideal times to sneak in a trip.
The institute offers guided climbs in September for $175, although they often sell out too. Climbers who have decided not to hike the mountain in September resell their permits at purmit.com.
In early summer, the final push to the top of Mount St. Helens via the Monitor Ridge route is on a snowfield that allows climbers to kick steps as they gradually reach their goal.
When the weather is ideal, the first thing that comes into view when climbers reach the crater rim is Mount Rainier.
As they drop their gaze they see Spirit Lake, still clogged with downed trees deposited by the 1980 eruption. Then, if the cornices aren't too big, they can see into the crater. To the right they'll see nearby Mount Adams, and if they can pull their gaze away long enough to take a peak to the south they'll see Mount Hood and perhaps even Mount Jefferson in Central Oregon.
Late in the season, once much of the snow has melted, the view is similar, but the final approach is much more work. Instead of a snowy welcoming mat, the final push feels like climbing the state's largest sand dune.
Forward progress is harder to come by as each step seems to include sliding an inch or two in the wrong direction.
It's the search for places to glissade that leads to an increase in lost hikers on St. Helens late in the season, Latham said. While much of the snow melts in the summer, there is snow on the mountain all year.
"People tend to go to the snow on the way down and that can take them away from the route," Latham said. "Sometimes they don't realize how far they've gone as they glissade through different gullies. Then they call for help."
Help can't always arrive quickly, Latham said. Once climbers call for help, the Skamania County Sheriff's department dispatches its volunteer Volcano Rescue Team.
Rescues can last into the night, she said.
To avoid this fate, Latham recommends climbers carry a map, compass and GPS and be aware of where they are in relation to the route at all times.
Rangers have marked the climbing route on Monitor Ridge with posts wedged into the rocks. But in poor weather it can sometimes be hard to see from one post to the next.
"The weather can change quickly on the mountain and you can get all kinds of weather," Latham said. "It's important to be prepared."
The Route: Monitor Ridge.
Miles: 10, round-trip
Elevation gain: 4,500 feet
Permits: $22. Register in advance to climb during the peak season, April-Oct. 31. Register in person at the Lone Fir Resort Nov. 1-March 31. Most permits are sold out for September, but permits are available at purmit.com. There is no charge for November-March permits. Permits for 2014 are scheduled to be available starting Feb. 1.
Gear: The weather can change quickly, so plan accordingly. Late in summer, ice axes and crampons aren't necessary but a layer of warm clothes is a good idea. Trekking poles or ski poles can provide extra balance and a little knee relief.
Safety: Hikers are warned to be careful of rocks when glissading on the snow and to avoid cornices around the crater rim. However, many snow fields and the cornices have melted away this late in the season.
Guided trips: Mount St. Helens Institute offers some guided climbs in September for $175, but they sell out quickly.
More information: 360-449-7883, fs.fed.us/gpnf or mshinstitute.org. Climbing check list
The Mount St. Helens Institute recommends the following gear: Sturdy waterproof hiking boots, synthetic clothing, polyester or wool socks, gaiters, waterproof and wind resistant jacket, a hat, sunglasses and backpack. It also recommends carrying a map and compass, 4 liters of fluid, high energy foods, trekking poles, water proof rain pants, gloves, a warm hat, SPF 30 or above sunscreen, a first-aid kit, a light source, a pocket knife, a handkerchief, extra sunglasses, extra clothing, extra socks and a camera.
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fix for iBooks on 4.3.5 / ios 5.0.1 jailbroken iPhone / iPad crashing
so you made a mistake of upgrading your iPad / iPhone to iOS 4.3.5 / 5.0.1 – You applied jailbreak via Cydia and now iBooks crash (& you didn't backup your SHSH).
[update 12/29] how to fix iBooks 1.5 on untethered iOS 5.01 :
– redsn0w 9b10+ (if not latest patch with corona 1.3)
– install fresh iBooks 1.5 (i've updated on device)
– install iBooksFix2 from repo.inanelyi.com
– reboot
[update 11/1] how to fix iBooks on jailbroken iOS 5 (need to be jb literate)
you're not alone, this is a well known issue. unfortunately because it affects iOS 5 beta as well. i have a feeling, our heros: comex & ih8sn0w – will wait until the final iOS5 to fix this issue (cat & mouse game jb community & apple play every year …). there isn't seem to be a solution, i've tried to downgrade to earlier version of iBooks – they all crash (1.2 1.3) & 1.1 opens, but no books show & you can't even complete a sample download.
well, thx to @raktim_rakzzz i have a solution for ya:
– use pwnage tool to cook up a custom ipsw firmware & jailbreak your iPhone / iPad
– instructions here (mac)
– instead of 4.3.4 (mentioned in the instructions above) use 4.3.5 bundle – get at pwnbundles.com
ps: if you have iPad 3g … like me, you're out of luck😦 – 4.3.5 upgrades to firmware 07.11.01 which doesn't support this fix
last resort is to downgrade to 4.3.3 via iFaith (win only)
ps: or … use this free epub reader app – Bluefire … until final iOS 5 fix comes out (thx to sinful)


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STOCKTON - About $10,000 in equipment belonging to construction crews building a solar energy system for Lincoln Unified was stolen over the weekend from trucks belonging to the workers, Stockton police spokesman Joe Silva said Wednesday.
The workers, employed by M Bar C Construction from suburban San Diego, had parked their trucks at the Extended Stay America at 2844 W. March Lane, where they were staying while doing the work. When they went to their trucks early Monday, they discovered they had been burglarized, Silva said.
Three trucks were broken into. A Ford truck suffered the loss of $5,000 in miscellaneous power and hand tools, pre-signed business checks, business paperwork and personal property, police said. A Chevy truck was robbed of $5,000 in tools, Silva said. A third truck, also a Chevy, was broken into but nothing was taken, according to Silva.
The workers are in the early stages of installing solar equipment throughout Lincoln Unified, with the exception of Lincoln High School. Lincoln Unified voters approved a $48.5 million construction bond in June, with a large portion of the money to be directed toward the solar energy project.
Work has continued this week with replacement tools. A significant portion of the solar project is scheduled to be operational next summer, Lincoln Unified Superintendent Tom Uslan has said.
Silva said there are no suspects in the thefts, which occurred between 8 p.m. Sunday and 6 a.m. Monday.
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During [these] periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights which give so much joy and delight.
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I'm so looking forward to mellowing out over hot chocolate and reflecting on all the cool things that happened today and will happen tomorrow... =)
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EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - The search to replace Eagle County Commissioner Jon Stavney has just begun, but one Eagle resident has already made public his interest in the job.
Paul Witt, a former member of the Eagle Town Board and owner of a one-man communications and public relations company, said this week he will submit an application for the job.
Stavney, elected to a second term as commissioner in 2012, announced his resignation recently, after being hired as the new town manager for the town of Eagle. Stavney's resignation from the county job will be effective July 1.
Between now and then, the county's Democratic Party will pick Stavney's replacement, and is seeking applications from people interested in the job.
Carole Onderdonk, vice chairwoman of the county Democrats, said the party won't reveal who's submitted the paperwork to be considered for the job until after the application deadline last month.
"We've had a lot of calls," Onderdonk said. "We'll see who follows through and applies."
The application process is fairly extensive, requiring information including a resume, references, and, for the finalists, a background check.
Witt said he hasn't heard much about other possible applicants, but said he'd heard rumblings that Edwards resident Rohn Robbins might also seek the job.
Robbins said "it's too soon" for him to announce whether or not he'll try to replace Stavney.
Eagle Mayor Yuri Kostick said he might also be interested in applying, but said he wants to talk to the party's vacancy committee before making a decision whether to go through the entire process.
Whoever is appointed to fill Stavney's seat has the potential to remain in office a long time - if county voters are willing. The person appointed to the job will have to run for election in 2014 to complete a term that would run until 2016. If elected, that person would be able to serve two full terms, for a total of 11 years in office.
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There were 46 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday. At that time, there were 1,423 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Robbery: A 27-year-old man told police he responded to an online advertisement for an iPhone for sale. When he met the supposed seller on Flora Street and Madison Street at 6:41 p.m. Saturday he was robbed of his belongings at gunpoint.
Weapons arrest: Matthew Ramirez, 19, was arrested after a traffic stop on Salem Way and Townehome Drive at 10:28 p.m. Saturday. Police pulled Ramirez over and a search led to officers finding a loaded, stolen revolver.
Dwelling shot: A 25-year-old woman awoke at 3:03 a.m. Sunday to gunfire on the 8500 block of Kelley Drive. She said she heard a group of men outside, screeching tires and gunshots. Her home was hit by at least one bullet, police reported.
Resisting arrest: Officers arrested Tommy Benson, 43, for resisting arrest and outstanding warrants after he was found hiding in the closet of a home on the 200 block of East Arcade at 10:50 a.m. Sunday. Officers reported they were called to the home for a burglary in progress when Benson refused to cooperate with police and punched a sergeant.
Burglary Arrest: Officers arrested Martin Franco, 37, after he tried to burglarize the Stockton Food Bank warehouse on West Scotts Avenue at 2:44 p.m. Sunday. The manager chased after Franco after the burglary, and officers found the suspect on El Dorado Street and Church Street where he was arrested. All property was returned to the food bank.
Robbery: A 44-year-old woman reported that a man and a woman stole her purse from her shopping cart at a store in the 1600 block of East Hammer Lane at 2:55 p.m. Sunday. The woman chased after the suspects and grabbed on to the door of their car as they drove away. She was dragged for about 20 feet. She refused medical treatment.
The California Highway Patrol did not provide accident or arrest statistics for the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 128 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday, including seven vehicle accidents, 103 medical calls and five structure fires.
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In the wacky adventures of "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" we find that Jay and Silent Bob have no clue as to what the internet is. Eventually they find out through the help of Ben Afleck's character.
Jay and Silent Bob find out that there is a movie being made about a comic book based on them. Kids on websites have been talking trash about this movie.
This is the point where our illustrious protagonists decide to take it personally.
Eventually they get a movie royalty check and decide to take our their pain and sorrow on the people who were saying things about them.
They then fly all over the country beating the shit out of people.
Add a few unrealistic women, some more unrealistic plot twists, mark hammell, princess lea, george carlin, the kid who fucked a pie, the dawsons creek dude, and a monkey... and well... there you have it.
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The entire ending scene before credits is them flying around with a baseball bat and a list of messageboard names beating the tar out of these kids, and in the background is "Kick Some Ass" which I believe is by Stroke 9, but I'm probably wrong. Just think Sage, these are punk kids, and nowadays, those are almost indistinguishable from emo-kids! They'll cry without you needing to raise a fist. You don't have to beat anyone up, just fly around to punk shows and be like "I'm ruining your culture and scene. Oh, and your mom called, be home by 11 or call." Their lives will be ruined and you get a sense of self-satisfaction, next to a woman with her gallon of ice cream, you have discovered the best and cheapest form of therapy available.
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With a prequel already under their belts, collaborators Bryan J.L. Glass and Victor Santos look ahead to the debut of their "Furious" ongoing series.
Dark Horse has provided ROBOT 6 with the full prequel from "Dark Horse Presents" #31 to "Furious," the upcoming series by Bryan J. L. Glass and Victor Santos.
Courtesy of Dark Horse, CBR presents exclusive previews of "Criminal Macabre: The Eyes of Frankenstein" #1, "Dark Horse Presents" #28, "Mass Effect: Foundation" #3 and more!
Dark Horse has provided CBR with exclusive previews of Mike Mignola and John Arcudi's "Lobster Johnson: A Scent of a Lotus," "Dark Horse Presents" #26 and "Gamma," all in stores July 24.
CBR News spoke with Matt Fraction about his upcoming short story in "Dark Horse Presents" #25, "The Time Ben Fell in Love," a time travel love story featuring art by Christian Ward.
Courtesy of Dark Horse, CBR presents exclusive previews of titles on sale June 19 including "Baltimore: The Inquisitor" #1, "Conan" #17, "DHP" #25, "Dream Thief" #2 and more!
Writer Frank Barbiere discusses his tale in "Dark Horse Presents" featuring the debut of Dark Horse Comics' newest character, the sci-fi infused superhero known as Blackout.
Courtesy of Dark Horse, CBR presents exclusive previews of "Star Wars: Legacy" #3, "Dark Horse Presents" #24 & the "Lobster Johnson: Satan Smells a Rat" one-shot! UPDATED with "The Massive" #12 & "Mind MGMT" #11 previews.
Dark Horse PR Director Jeremy Atkins spoke with creators Kelly Sue DeConnick, Michael Avon Oeming, Francesco Francavilla, Joshua Williamson and Frank Barbiere about the publisher's superhero initiative.
CBR News spoke with writer/artist Dean Motter about the return of his groundbreaking creation in "Mister X: Eviction," the evolution of the dystopian narrative and the psychology of architecture.
Emerging from the pages of "Dark Horse Presents," CBR spoke with Robert Love & David Walker about "Number 13," a journey across a post-apocalyptic, mutant-ridden landscape with an existential android.
Writing partners Jimmy Palmmiotti and Justin Gray expound on "The Deep Sea," an adventure/murder mystery serial inspired by iconic explorers, featuring art by Tony Akins and debuting this week in the pages of "Dark Horse Presents."
On the heels of a revival for "Ghost," Dark Horse brings back another of its vigilante superheroes as Duane Swierczynski and Eric Nguyen make plans for a gritty, corruption-battling take on "X."
Dark Horse Comics has provided CBR with an exclusive preview of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike" #2 and a number of other first looks at issues dropping September 19, including "Ghost" #0 and more.
This week, the Scarecrow is on the mend, the Dynamic Duo is in the crosshairs, Mister X is on the case, Loki is leading the charge, and Tom Taylor is … on his back.
Courtesy of Dark Horse, CBR presents exclusive previews for seven new comics hitting stores Wednesday, May 23, including Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton and Jamie McKelvie's "The Guild: Fawkes" one-shot!
Following the character's return in "Dark Horse Presents," John Arcudi's disfigured detective gets his own miniseries in August. CBR spoke exclusively with the writer about "The Creep."
Mike Baron and Steve Rude's classic hero Nexus returns in "Dark Horse Presents" #12, on sale in May. CBR spoke with the creators about the hero, his 30-year history, and the journey back to Dark Horse.
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Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Noto breathe new life into Ghost beginning in "Dark Horse Presents" #13. CBR spoke with them about the character, her city and what's changed with an exclusive look at the redesigned character.
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"30 Days of Night" creator Steve Niles and artist Menton3 team up for "The Nosferatu Wars," a new, creator-owned vampire saga set to debut in the pages of "Dark Horse Presents."
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Q I thought you'd get a kick out of an earlier email I sent and maybe use it in your column to add some humor amid all of the serious cellphone, etc., questions that are always so depressing. I guess when you hurt your foot you lost your sense of humor?
Ronnie Murdock
San Jose
A Lost my sense of humor? Pain or no pain, perish the thought. Let's go.
Q We all know about the "Adopt a Highway" program where companies and other volunteers clean up the litter that people continue to leave. Since we never seem to use the money that they get from raising our taxes, specifically for the purpose of fixing our roads, couldn't we start a similar program called "Adopt-a-Pothole"?
We could ask companies and other volunteers to take ownership of one or more of the thousands of potholes that are all over the highways, especially Highway 87, and fill them up so that drivers don't continue to get flat tires or more severe damage.
Just a thought.
Ronnie Murdock
A Not a bad thought, even though I rate potholes as more depressing than comments on texting. Highway 87 is a good place to start.
Q Highway 87 is our Baghdad. I drove almost the entire length of 87 from Highway 85 to the First Street exit, and I must say, I forgot how awful this joke of a highway is. I felt like I was on a roller coaster the whole way. I will never ever drive that road again. When will we get a smooth Highway 87?
Mike D'Amelio
San Jose
A Not anytime soon, I am afraid. The portion of 87 from Route 85 to Interstate 280 is not eligible for paving funds because of other funding priorities. The portion from I-280 to First Street is on the list of roads to be paved, but it is not in the current 10-year paving plan. In other words, no paving for 87 at this time.
The state highway system needs $22.4 billion over the next 28-years for repair work. However, only $14 billion is available to meet that need. So roads like Highway 87 get put on the waiting list.
Q I'm not sure my question is within your specialty area, but this is regarding sidewalks. I once paid a man $20 when he came to our door and told us he could spray paint our address on the curb. A notice said "76% of all 911 calls occur after dark" and "a curbside address number can help protect you and your loved ones."
Is this true? Don't fire departments and police departments use GPS to locate addresses? Or are they still relying on painted curb address?
Chie Tieu
San Jose
A The neighborhood notice that you received was most likely an advertising pitch. Police usually use their patrol car's spotlight to locate address numbers on a house, so it isn't that important to have the numbers stenciled on the curb. Emergency responders also have GPS capabilities, and more often use the computer in the patrol car to pinpoint an address.
It boils down to one question: Do you want bright address numbers painted on your curb? If you do, great. If you don't, chances are that emergency workers will find your house just as quickly.
Q I was driving southbound on Blossom Hill Road one morning last week in San Jose. Gal ahead of me in a silver sedan couldn't stay in her own lane, would hit the brakes when the light was green, the usual erratic things. When we hit a red light I pulled up next to her and could see her texting on her phone. I lowered my window, tapped my horn and motioned her to lower her window.
She shook her head "no." So I pulled out my cellphone, showed it to her and wagged both my finger and head in a "no" gesture to her. She immediately responded back by nodding her head and putting her phone down.
Ann Begun
San Jose
A Hurrah indeed!
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BIRTHPLACE: Wethersfield, CT, USA
DRAFTED: EDM: 2003-51 overall
Signed by the Islanders as a free agent on July 2, 2012. Agreed to a two-year extension on March 15, 2013.
Drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the second round (51st overall) of the 2003 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins on July 1, 2011.
Scored 18 points (8g/10a) in 70 games during his second season with the Islanders...Posted career highs in goals, points, games and penalty minutes (34)... Missed a game due to a hip injury on Oct. 15 vs. Buffalo...Returned to the lineup the following game and played four games, before missing five more games with the same injury from Oct. 26 - Nov. 5...Appeared in his 100th NHL game on Feb. 8 vs. Carolina...Had a four-game point streak (2g/2a) from Mar. 4-10...Had a three-point game (2g/1a) and went plus-4 on Mar. 25 at Carolina...Had a two-assist game on Apr. 1 vs. Florida.
2012-13: Scored 17 points (7g/10a) in 45 games during his first full NHL season...Recorded three multi-point games...Placed second on the team in hits (120)...Recorded his first career assist on Jan. 24 at Toronto...Was suspended for two games by the NHL for boarding Ben Lovejoy on Jan. 29 at Pittsburgh...Scored his first goal as an Islander on Feb. 9 vs. Buffalo...Recorded his first fighting major (S. Hartnell) and his first two-goal game on March 28 at Philadelphia...Recorded his first career multi-assist game (2a) on Apr. 9 vs. Philadelphia...During the NHL lockout, appeared in 35 games with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (American Hockey League), scoring 27 points (6g/21a) and serving as team captain. 2011-12: Scored 49 points (14g/35a) in 68 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins during his fifth AHL season and first with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton...Led the team in assists and finished third in points...Ranked third on the team with a plus-13 rating...Co-led the team in playoff scoring, posting 13 points (6g/7a) in 12 games...Also appeared in five NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins on two seperate call-ups in January and February...Played in his second AHL All-Star game, netting an assist for the Eastern Conference All-Stars. 2010-11: Led the AHL in goals with 42 during his fourth professional season and first with the Oklahoma City Barons...Added 16 assists for 58 points while appearing in all 80 games...Finished third on the team in points...Made his Calder Cup Playoffs debut, recording two points (1g/1a) in six games...Appeared in his first AHL All-Star Game, netting an assist for the Western Conference All-Stars. 2009-10: Scored 23 points (12g/11a) in 76 AHL games during his third season with the Springfield Falcons...Also appeared in his first two career NHL games with Edmonton...Made his NHL debut on Nov. 27 vs. San Jose...Scored his first NHL goal (R. Luongo) on Nov. 28 at Vancouver. 2008-09: Scored 22 points (10g/12a) in 77 AHL games with Springfield during his second professional season, establishing a career high in penalty minutes with 65...Led the team in games played...Also appeared in his only three career ECHL games, netting two assists with the Stockton Thunder. 2007-08: Made his professional debut with Springfield, appearing in 73 AHL games and recording 23 points (12g/11a)...Recorded an assist in his first professional game on Oct. 6 vs. Worcester...Scored his first professional goal on Oct. 26 at Hartford.
2006-07: Led Providence College in goals with 13 during his senior year competing in Hockey East...Added four assists for 17 points...Served as co-captain. 2005-06: Led Providence in scoring during his junior season with a career-high 28 points (9g/19a) in 36 games. 2004-05: Matched his freshman year output with 16 points (11g/5a) despite appearing in just 26 games with Providence as a sophomore. 2003-04: Was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team and earned Providence's Most Valuable Freshman award after netting 16 points (10g/6a) in 37 games.
2013: Made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut, scoring three points (2g/1a) in six games of the Islanders' Eastern Conference Quartferfinals against Pittsburgh.
Played two seasons with the New England Coyotes of the Eastern Junior Hockey League (2001-02; 2002-03)...Led the league in scoring in 2002-03 with 58 points (28g/30a), earning the EJHL Offensive Player of the Year award and league MVP honors.


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April 18, 2007
DOE Updates EnergyPlus Program for Building Energy Design
DOE issued a new version of its award-winning EnergyPlus program on April 12th. The EnergyPlus program allows architects, building engineers, and others to model the energy flow within a building, examining the effects of the building's heating, cooling, ventilating, and lighting systems. The software allows users to simulate the performance of a building at intervals of less than an hour, studying the energy and thermal comfort effects of a variety of energy strategies, including natural ventilation, dividing homes into multiple heating and cooling zones, and adding solar photovoltaic panels. Version 2.0, released on April 12th, allows users to include green roofs, phase-change materials, and advanced building controls in their building designs. Hourly weather data from around the world is also available for use with the program. The free EnergyPlus Version 2.0 for Windows and Linux is available on the EnergyPlus Web site.
Although EnergyPlus is a widely used program for simulating building energy use, hundreds of such programs have been developed over the past 50 years. How do building designers know which tool to use? A report published in 2005 examined 20 such programs to compare and contrast their capabilities. The report found that each tool has its strengths and concluded that building designers should employ a suite of tools in their work, rather than relying on a single all-purpose tool. DOE contributed significantly to the report (PDF 585 KB). Download Adobe Reader.


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OAKLAND -- Rajai Davis stole a 6-5 win for the Detroit Tigers against the A's on Tuesday in every sense of the word.
The one-time A' s outfielder, on second base with one out in the eighth inning, set up the go-ahead run. With pinch hitter Nick Castellanos batting against A's reliever Fernando Abad, Davis waited until catcher Derek Norris was throwing the ball back to Abad before taking off and stealing his 16th base.
Moments later, with Castellanos having walked, A's reliever Luke Gregerson hoped to get an inning-ending double play. He got the grounder he wanted, but it wasn't hit close enough to shortstop Jed Lowrie, and the A's were only able to get one out as Davis scored to break a 5-5 tie.
Without the steal, the game could have gone to extra innings. Instead, the A's (31-21), have lost five of their past six games.
Manager Bob Melvin said he hadn't seen video of the play, so he didn't know if Abad, having caught the ball, might have thrown out Davis with a quick throw. But Davis, using a sly rocking motion that indicated he was headed back to second base, was precise.
"He timed his break perfectly," Melvin said.
For that the A's had no answer, going down without much of a fight in the eighth and ninth innings. And that underscored what a slap in the face Davis' steal was, because for eight innings, Oakland answered every push by the Tigers with a push back of their own.
The A's seemed to have gotten over the top when John Jaso, batting after he'd been hit on the left elbow, turned on a 1-0 changeup that Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer left up in the strike zone in the fourth inning. The home run put the A's up 5-4 after they'd trailed 2-0 and 4-2.
"Scherzer fooled me with every changeup he threw tonight," Jaso said. "Except that one. He left it up, and I was looking to hit it hard."
Jaso did, driving the ball into the right field bleachers. A's starter Sonny Gray, struggled every bit as much as Scherzer, including giving up a third-inning, tie-breaking homer to Miguel Cabrera, a near duplicate of the homer Cabrera hit off him in last year's playoffs.
"He hit the same pitch as last year," Gray said. "He put a good swing on it. I thought it was a good pitch, but he muscled up."
Even so, thanks to Jaso, Gray left the game with that one-run lead. But reliever Dan Otero, who had never allowed a home run in a big league game until this year saw Torii Hunter take him deep to center field, the ball just eluding Coco Crisp as he crashed into the fence.
Melvin said he thought Crisp would be available to play Wednesday night and that the center fielder didn't hit the wall as hard as he had on the last homestand, a crash that sidelined him for part of the just-completed road trip.
What Melvin doesn't know is if Jaso will be available. The manager said he wasn't sure how Jaso could continue to play Tuesday with his arm swelling. Jaso said that while the swelling "kept getting bigger," he didn't think the injury was serious and that he would be ready to play Wednesday if needed.
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Government Is Not the Answer
Published: Monday, February 11, 2013 at 12:03 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 11, 2013 at 12:03 a.m.
If I stood on a street corner shouting that I could cure diseases, end man's inhumanity to man and even control the temperature of Earth, I would be taken away and locked up for my own good.
Yet, daily, we hear the same proclamations coming from the floors of Congress and the White House. If only they could pass the right laws and spend enough money, they could accomplish anything.
We need to realize that government is not the answer to everything. We need to realize that most of what is coming out of Washington is political posturing designed to win votes in the next election.
Don't take what is said at face value. Analyze it and see if the proposals would really work or, as in most cases, accomplish the exact opposite.
Think for yourself.
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Robert Harvey Loe, age 70, and longtime Phoenix, Ore. resident, died on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 at Hearthstone Skilled Nursing in Medford, Ore. The oldest of six children, Bob was born on Oct. 4, 1942 in Norfolk, Neb. to Leonard and Vivian Loe.
In 1961, at 17, Bob joined the U.S. Navy. He was an airplane mechanic serving at Naval Air Station Barber's Point, Hawaii and was honorably discharged in 1965 as an airman. Bob was also a very talented welder and had loved working on the fabrication of many "Rat Rods" and "Pro Stock" cars. He loved spending time at the races.
Bob is survived by his mother Vivian Loe; his sons Robbie, Patrick and Paul; his granddaughters Brianna and Katrina; his grandsons Ryan and Kyle; and his cats Zorro and Jasmine. He is also survived by his siblings Don, Sally, Mary Freitas and her husband Dan, and Judy Tiernan and her husband John; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father Leonard and his brother William.
A graveside service is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at Evergreen Cemetery in Yreka. Memorial contributions may be made to Asante Hospice Services, 2960 Doctors Park Drive, Medford, OR 97504; the American Cancer Society; or a charity of one's choice.
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A new Blue Star Memorial Marker was dedicated Sunday, June 9 at the Gravois Firefighters Memorial on Route O at Elks Lane in Laurie.
What it is
The national Blue Star Memorial Marker program honors all men and women who have served, are serving or will serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. Standing 7 feet, 6 inches tall, the marker is placed on dedicated highways as a reminder of the service of those who help to keep us free.
Who was involved
Spearheaded by Mitzi Chase, Lake Bloomers Garden installed the marker with help from Gravois firefighters. At the dedication, the American Legion Post 624 Color Guard presented the colors and Tiffany and Brooklynn Bryant sang patriotic songs. Local and state dignitaries attended including State Rep. David Wood and Federated Garden Club of Missouri president Joyce Lewis. Post 624 Commander Jim Morton provided a military tribute. World War II veteran Sgt. Ed Dolstein laid a wreath at the memorial. Fire Chief Ed Hancock accepted the marker on behalf of the GFPD.
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