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News & Publications
August 03, 2007
by Josh Johanningmeier
Manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers in Wisconsin and around the country should pay close attention to the frenzy of activity in the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which is moving toward more stringent regulation of imports and enhanced penalties surrounding product recalls. The regulations being discussed could impact business practices, regulatory compliance and product liability litigation.
The Call to Action
The recent increase in product recalls and growing public concern over the safety of imports, especially from China, has led to calls for the reform of government agencies, including the CPSC, which is charged with ensuring the safety of products such as toys, machinery and appliances. The fast-track product recall announced by Fisher Price this week is just the latest in a series of events drawing attention to the quality of imports. In response, President Bush issued an Executive Order on July 18, 2007, establishing the Interagency Working Group on Import Safety. The Cabinet-level group will review current federal procedures and regulations regarding the safety of imported products. The group is expected to report its findings and recommendations to the president within 60 days.
CPSC Proposals
Much of the criticism regarding unsafe imports has fallen on the CPSC. In response, acting chairwoman Nancy Nord presented a working paper to Congress that proposed to modernize the agency's governing statutes, including the Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972, 15 U.S.C. §§2051-2084. Generally, the plan proposed increasing the agency's enforcement powers and strengthening its ability to impose fines. Some of the proposals outlined in the working paper would:
- Make it unlawful to knowingly sell recalled products after the recall is announced publicly;
- Require that the recalling firm provide notice of the recall to any retailer or distributor to whom it has distributed the recalled product at least 24 hours before public notification;
- Grant CSPC the authority to impose administrative penalties of up to $2 million;
- Increase the cap on civil penalties under the Consumer Product Safety Act, Federal Hazardous Substances Act and Flammable Fabric Act to $10 million over the next four years;
- Permit the CSPC to require the posting of a bond sufficient to pay for the destruction of a consumer products shipment found to be unsafe.
The CPSC is hopeful that an increased ability to impose significant fines will increase safety of imported products. For a full list of proposed changes see Product Recall, Information and Safety Modernization (PRISM) Act (Consumer Product Safety Commission, Working Paper, available at http://www.cpsc.gov/PR/PRISM.pdf).
The dramatic increase in penalties and potential violations in recall situations has led Wisconsin companies to fear that the increased bureaucracy will stymie the ability of safe and much sought after products to enter the United States in a timely manner. The current proposals will, at a minimum, be delayed in Congress and, even if passed, enforcement by the CPSC will be hampered by the absence of a quorum on the commission.
Nonetheless, given the groundswell of public concern, change is sure to come. We will continue to monitor these proceedings and provide updates on significant developments.
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text: First I would like to thank the First Lady for her contributions to our youth in getting them active and eating healthier. As we all know, youth obesity is on the increase in our country and poses a real risk to the health of our kids. We cite lack of exercise and "unhealthy foods" for this trend, but they are not the only reasons. Let's go back to when I was young.

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TULSA, Okla. -- P.J. Tucker's worth to the Suns might not be obvious until a box score comes out with columns for the subtle impacts of LBH (loose-ball hustle), DOSP (derailed opponent's set play), JRUB (jammed rebounder under basket).
Unable to stick in the NBA after seven appearances for Toronto in 2006-07, Tucker became a star for teams in Israel, Ukraine and Germany. When he scores for Phoenix, it will be a mere bonus to his purpose: agitator and aggressor.
"He can impact a game at a high level without scoring," Suns General Manager Lance Blanks said. "That's a unique skill set. He makes winning plays, little nuances that don't show up in the box but show up in the win column."
Tucker's role will be fluid, along with his time at small forward, where Michael Beasley likely will start with Wes Johnson behind him. Beasley (power forward), Johnson (shooting guard) and Tucker (power forward) all could see time at other positions.
Tucker's presence has been part of the change to more intense practices. With a younger team and a longer preseason, the Suns' scrimmages have been more competitive and physical, traits the Suns sought in signing Tucker to a partially guaranteed two-year deal. Tucker models his game after Memphis guard Tony Allen, an all-defensive first-team pick, for physical play and all-out effort.
"My role is actually a little bit easier here because they're not looking for me to score 20 a game," Tucker said. "It's more about being able to stop everyone I guard, play with great energy and make basketball plays."
The Suns' practice went long Thursday, when bickering over scrimmage fouls and calls prompted coach AlvinGentry to make the team run wind sprints twice. Tucker did not mind. For the past few years, he played for teams that had two-a-days on off-days during the season.
"He's an intense guy," Gentry said. "He understands what it takes. He's been here and went away and came back. He doesn't want to go away again."
Hold the Mayo
The free-agency sequence seemed set up in July. EricGordon signed a maximum-level offer sheet with the Suns through his agent, Rob Pelinka.O.J. Mayo, another shooting guard represented by Pelinka, did not commit in free agency's first two weeks and visited Phoenix as New Orleans retained Gordon by matching the offer. Three days later, Mayo agreed to sign with Dallas for $4 million, less than he made last season, with a second-year option.
"I wanted an opportunity to start in this league," Mayo said after facing Phoenix on Wednesday. "It was clear that position wasn't open in Phoenix so I had to make the move that was best for me.
"Their meeting was pretty much, 'We're in a rebuilding stage after (Steve) Nash and (Grant) Hill. We have 11 draft picks in so many years. We're building our team around (Goran) Dragic and (Jared) Dudley.' I would've had pretty much the same role as I had in Memphis. It just wasn't a comfortable situation."
The feeling was mutual from the Suns, who passed on the 2008 draft's No. 3 pick (following Beasley). "They felt like they couldn't get too much closer to a player of Eric Gordon's caliber," Mayo said.


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Come Heller high water...
- Glad to see there's finally some criticism out there about the amount - $170,000 – Flint is being forced to pay Supreme Overlord Michael Brown. Admittedly, he left his day job for a short-term position, but is it as difficult as he and others are saying it is? We're not talking rocket science here. We're talking about cutting what others wouldn't and putting some financial best practices in place. It's a job that requires decisiveness and the willingness to be unpopular more than anything else. It's worth a lot, but $170,000 per year? No way. If the state is going to mandate that much then it should pay it.
- I got everything I wanted for Christmas this year except for my dad and brother back. Cherish 'em while ya got 'em.
- Some things just need to be said no matter how much it may hurt some people: Hazelnut does not belong in coffee. If you gave a bag of it to someone for Christmas, you committed a crime against taste and nature.
- Consumer Reports included a photo of a sign taped to the door of a Borders store in Traverse City that was closing that said, "Sorry, no public restroom. Try Amazon.com." Ouch. The truth it doth sting.
- Reader Diane M. made me aware of a new book about bars and taverns in the Upper Peninsula, my homeland. It's called Yooper Bars, by Randy and Kevin Kluck. You can get it at their website yooperbars.com. (No word yet on whether they've included Boobie's Bar in Escanaba. I love that name. And, no, it's not that kind of bar. Check yourself, puh-leez.)
- Wow, oh wow, do the Detroit Pistons look bad. I know it's early but they look exactly like last year's team – too many guards, not enough big men and no superstar.
- Magazines cut their own throats these days. They start sending me renewal notices right I after I subscribe, which I ignore. But then by the time it's actually time to subscribe I often forget to because they've trained me to ignore their incessant notices to renew. Did that make sense?
- Would that life came with an "undo" function like Microsoft Word.
- It bears repeating and reminding that when you contribute to Need Has a Face through this column, you touch a lot of lives, as evidenced by this note from a local nonprofit agency to Resource Genesee, which sends me the names and circumstances of the people you read about it in NHAF each week: "I just wanted to tell you that Flint is a very caring and giving place. I received many calls to help my families (through NHAF) this holiday season. I am delivering the final gifts today and I am overwhelmed at the generosity of our community." I'll resume posting NHAF entries next week.
- "All men who have achieved great things have
been great dreamers" - Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924), American writer.
Lacking for New Year's resolutions? Resolve to have your say daily at http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/aheller. Want column links sent hot and fresh to your Facebook page? Resolve to send Andy a friend request. Depending on his mood, he may even accept.


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Debate continues to rage amongst us b2b marketers (and much so in the MKT office!) about the sacrifices we have to make to the standard of online copy we write to pursue the SEO rankings dream. Contrary to what you may have read and have rammed down your throat by SEO gurus, online content doesn't have to be stuffed with keywords or unreadable paragraphs for it to be SEO friendly. Unfortunately, majority lot of online content we see out there seems to be going this way and is in fact turning away the exact people we are supposed to be trying to get to sit up and notice our websites.
The copy we produce should be able to be easily read by our pre-identified audience, with words and phrases that the average business Jo or Joanna can understand, whilst being written in a way that engages them. There's nothing worse than producing a piece of content that may get you to the top of the search engines but can't hold a person on your page for more than 10 seconds – it defeats the point of what our job as b2b marketers is all about.
In a first-rate piece of copy, your readers shouldn't even notice the keywords sprinkled throughout your piece of writing, and just because you are aware of the need for it to be readable to the 'spiders and bots', it doesn't mean that you're allowed to throw the principles of copywriting out the window (shame on you!). Any decent copywriter knows the significance of a strong call to action, short manageable passages of text and selling those all important features and benefits. Only after these three points have been fulfilled should you start to intelligently add keywords or phrases around your foundation copy that will help drive relevant traffic to your page or site.
While a tight keyword strategy is vitally important for any online presence, keyword optimisation is not the be all and end all of making a piece SEO friendly. At Marketecture, we make sure we don't compromise on quality by structuring our copy in a way that will best benefit us and our readers. We have three features that we always use; headers and sub-headers, links, and Meta data. These help us to create the ultimate copy goal – SEO friendly, relevant and above all an insightful and enjoyable content piece.
- Headers and sub-headers are there to grab not only your audience's attention but also help 'spiders' read and understand what the page is about – to help them index effectively on search engines in simple terms.
- Links to and from relevant sites helps Google and other search engines to rate and trust your piece. The harder it is to get certain links the more valuable that link becomes.
- Each webpage should have its own Meta data, again these help search engines get a better grasp of your website. It's based on HTML coding and by using
tags it sits along-side your content to push you up the ranking ladder. Simples – eh?
These three essential features help you to get those all important keywords in without over-stuffing the main body of content with superfluous keywords. By over 'key wording' you risk negatively affecting the site visitor's experience and be warned Google's main priority is the end-user.


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NEXT Monday will be a day to remember for Lewis Hamilton, regardless of who wins his home British Grand Prix on Sunday.
McLaren's 2008 Formula One world champion is due to run with the London Olympic torch, giving him another moment to shine and the chance of a double celebration if he can also win at Silverstone.
Hamilton was invited to carry the torch through Stevenage, the commuter town 50km north of London where he was born and grew up. But a look at the race calendar ruled that out.
The 27-year-old has his hands otherwise engaged when the flame is in town around lunchtime on Sunday - just before the start of a race he has every hope of winning. So it will have to be Monday instead at another location.
The millionaire Monaco resident, who grew up in local authority social housing before moving away from Stevenage early in his racing career, said it would be "an incredibly proud moment" anyway.
"I am so honoured to have been asked to do it. I never in a million years would have thought I'd get to do something so cool," the Formula One driver said. "I have no idea where I'll be running, but it's great to be the one." Next Monday's leg of the relay, which culminates in London for the opening of the Games on July 27, visits Milton Keynes, Buckingham, Bicester and Oxford - all within easy reach of Silverstone.
Hamilton will do all he can to make sure Sunday ends in a blaze of glory, with the Briton seeking victory in the ninth race of the season in front of one of the most passionate crowds in racing.
The 2008 British Grand Prix winner needs above all to reel in Ferrari's championship leader Fernando Alonso, who is 23 points ahead of him after winning in Valencia to snatch the lead.
That race was a miserable one for Hamilton, who was punted out on the penultimate lap by Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado while defending third place, but he has turned his back on that disappointment. "Just excitement, sheer excitement to get back on it, to get back to where I was," was how the Briton, winner in Canada last month, described his feelings as he looked ahead to being back at Silverstone.
It was about the amount of people that turn up, the fans, the roar and the atmosphere they created, he said. "If none of those fans were there, it would be so boring. It's not the Formula One cars, it's the fans." "It's just the amount of people that turn up, the fans and the roar and the atmosphere that they are able to create," said Hamilton.


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Winner: Kronos Inc. – Celebrating Working Women: International Women's Day 2011
To mark the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day (March 8, 2011), workforce management company Kronos created an animated video celebrating the achievements of women in the workplace. The challenge was to do it in a respectful way, without over-selling Kronos, says Ken Volk, Kronos' creative director and project leader. With that in mind, Kronos kept the branding understated. In addition, Kronos produced both English- and French-language versions. Kronos pushed the video to key media outlets; the video was promoted on YouTube's home page on International Women's Day. —SP
Honorable Mentions
Baylor Health Care System - DRV NOW, TXT L8TR: To entice drivers to pledge that they wouldn't text and drive, a YouTube video linked viewers back to a pledge microsite.
CRT/tanaka and Network Solutions - Go Granny: How Network Solutions Stole the Super Bowl: A video campaign called "GoGranny" spoofed competitor GoDaddy's ads during Super Bowl weekend.
Visit Newport Beach Inc. - "Escape Car-Mageddon" Ride the Waves Instead of the Breaks: Leveraging a planned shutdown of an L.A. freeway, a video encouraging people to visit Newport Beach received more than 500,000 views.
Weber Shandwick Detroit - Track to Street: Corvette Racing Series, 2010: A 12-episode video series gave fans intimate access into Corvette Racing's team. The videos grabbed over 500,000 views.


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Besides those parts grab a tail set, a linkage set, and a tail rotor (just in case it comes off during a crash and decides to "hide") and you are good to go for quite a while. The main motor will wear out sooner or later, but there is a big chance you will have moved on before that.
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I was out on the road and was close to a hobby shop so I went in.
Came out with an msrx....Little bit more than I wanted to spend..but I was kinda anxious didnt have to order off the internet.
Its kinda hard to fly..will take a while to get used to...I should have went with a solo pro or msr and ordered from the internet and waited...but I figured I would be getting the latest technology with the msrx.
Took dozens of tries literally to be able to keep aloft without hitting something..I am up to about 30 seconds or so before I crash.
I need more room to start with..and I think I would be ok..just to much stuff in the house here..but once i get better on it will be easier
No it wont hover on its own..not for long anyway..flybarless is a different beast ..when you let go of the sticks it doesnt settle in a hover..its a workout.
Kinda wish I had got a solo pro as I have bit off a little more than I can chew with the msrx...its not going to be "relaxed flying" by any means.
I have to radio on low rate already...the links are on the long balls..kinda afraid I will break it taking em off to put on the short ones..is there a trick to that to reduce the risk of breakage
I busted the landing skid and used black tape for the repair ..will get be by for now..I just dont want to bust the balls off when I switch to the short ones....The short balls will make it less responsive correct?..which is what I want for the time being.
I've posted this so many times already, what's one more time:
I recommend this training program:
Unless I had a lot of money to "burn", and a lot of "free" repair down time, I wouldn't try to fly fast without first mastering it SLOW, and I wouldn't try to fly slow, without first mastering stationary.
I think progressing using a well structured training program, may be cheaper, faster, and better than a wild anything goes approach.
I've been flying for about 2 years now, have recently started practicing flying inverted on the simulator, and I'm still using the above training procedure again, but this time it is with the heli "upside" down.
I think if a person masters taking slow baby steps, before taking fast big steps, then I wouldn't expect having to do extensive/expensive repairs.
Best wishes
United States, MO, Columbia
Joined Dec 2011
330 Posts
I will...am still trying to being to hover...At this point I am not trying to move about but just keep it from hitting the walls etc.
I just skipped a step I should have went with a flybar setup for this bird...hopefully its calm outside tomorrow so I will have more room to "save it"
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1,284 Posts
A flight sim is well worth the money!
IMO, so is a 45* Heli, if you're in a hurry to get up and go right out of the box.
Probably the biggest determining factor is the individual's expectations. Some are more patient, and are willing to wait longer for a better reward.
Hopefully, the mSRx will not be POJ?
New Toy, You made the right decision. Your skill level will quickly catch up. For me, it only took one session outdoors to "get it".
You want to buy something you can learn to fly. If you simply purchase something that you CAN fly, you'll quickly outgrow it.
Right now, you got the latest technology. It's a better investment. If you want a flybar heli, just get one of the many Solo Pro, MSR clones that are/have been coming out. $30 is easy to purchase on a whim.
United States, MO, Columbia
Joined Dec 2011
330 Posts
A getting the hang of it now...did some hovers without crashing ..am only getting about 2 and half minutes per battery...was hard to keep track of the time before I was getting the hang of it.
Motor isnt hot upon finish and the battery is only warm.
The blue light will begin to flash and it will just basically drop.
Isnt it supposed to flash for a little while?...then become poorer with response?
Any ideas?
I am starting to like the bird now that my control is better....its quick even on low rate
On the mSR, when it flashes it drops. You can "push" it more if you want, but it is not recommended if you don't want to purchase new batteries.
IMO, flying to LVC is OK, damage occurs if you try to push it afterwards.
If you can hover it, then I think you made a good decision. With time, it only gets better from there. With the mSR, one of the most likely things to break is the Flybar. Without flybar, you're in heli heaven.
United States, MO, Columbia
Joined Dec 2011
330 Posts
Its not giving me time to push it more...in other words as soon as it flashes blue its done..once it just dropped..the other time it gave me 2 seconds...so the blue started flashing and it just descended.
It durable has went through several crashes...and I mean several dozen.
Busted landing gear so far..but the rest has held up.
I am launching it from a foot stool {sloped edge} which helps with the shooting left.
Other wise it will go left about 8 foot before settling in which was causing most of my problems as I am cramped for room.
I am going to like it if I can figure out this flight time issue.
I found the msrx thread and mentioned it there...will see if other have had the same issue
I am on low rates on the radio and the short balls on the bird..and it is still very responsive.
So I have 2 more stages to grow through..boredom will not come as soon as if I picked something tamer.
Once properly trimmed, I find take-offs from the ground one of the most difficult things to master (learning to just "punch" it high enough to get out of danger-zone is intimidating when you're scared and don't know what to expect when you get in the air). After a while with experience, that initial spot in the air will be the safest spot during the entire flight.
IMO, you can "cheat" and bypass the ground take-off "excitement" by hand launching, but you have to learn not to "spaz" on the sticks when getting in the "saddle". I still hand launch my mSR today, mainly because I'm too lazy to bend down.
IMO, getting the best hands free hover is the key to the future. If something is already bent and causes wobbles, vibes, TBE, it will only make it worse to handle. I think learning how to properly inspect/set-up the heli is as difficult as flying a FP.
Best wishes
United States, MO, Columbia
Joined Dec 2011
330 Posts
Was practicing take offs earlier...and being careful while adding aileron as it went up...I am going over about 2 to 3 feet to the left...verses about 8 foot if I dont add any right aileron...I was flipping it at first..but am improving.{am adding aileron a little later rather than during lift letting it get about a foot off the ground before I add aileron}
I have managed a few tight hovers so far..but still need alot of room getting myself out of trouble alot of times as well.
I am going to find a larger open area to practice in to build my skills so it will make it easier in the house...I spend alot of my time just keeping it away from the walls etc..and really havent been able to try any patterns etc yet..Its been cold wet and windy outside the last couple days
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In November, Northampton Poet Laureate Leslea Newman directed the 30 Poems in 30 Days Project to benefit the Center for New Americans' literacy project.
Seventy-five poets participated, from as far as Louisiana, Georgia and Chicago and as near as Northampton.
Many new poems were generated into the world, some have already been published.
The highlights:
- Local poet Lori Desrosiers, blogger at Poetry News, saw her 30-day poem, "The Day After the End of the World," published in The New Verse News.
- Local Poet Floyd Cheung, a literature professor at Smith College, saw his 30-day poem, "Names of the Dead," published in The New Verse News.
- The project raised $11,710.50, which will go directly to help the Center for New American's adult literacy project. This donation comes, I'm told by the Center, at a year when state funding had been cut. Moreover, $11,710.50 is almost three times as much as the $3,000 goal set by Leslea Newman.
- On December 3rd, Forbes Library hosted a reading for the poets who participated in the project. According to Leslea Newman, 45 poets showed up to read and the reading lasted an hour and 45 minutes. "Every poem and poet was enthusiastically received," she wrote in an email today.
- Ultimately, the project illuminated the breadth and variety of poets writing in Western Massachusetts, or who are living elsewhere and writing attuned to the literary world of Western Massachusetts. On the 30 Poems and 30 Days Facebook Page, I saw some old friends in poetry, like Ellen LaFleche, Lori Desrosiers, and Alyssa Lovell, but I learned of some new writers, like Kathleen Trestka, Rick Bellows, and Tzivia Gover, all of whom posted regularly on their writing progress.
Let's hope the good feeling and kinship continues, and that in the spirit of compassion, we continue to encourage each other to actualize our highest potential as generators of those word-swarms we call 'poems'.


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BULCAN, Philippines - More than 2 million people in the Philippines are suffering the brunt of powerful typhoons. At least 56 people have died.
The storms brought heavy flooding to agricultural regions of central and northern Philippines. Tens of thousands are still affected by flooding and power outages.
Most residents are staying in their flooded houses, rather than sticking it out in crammed evacuation centers.
CBN's Operation Blessing is bringing relief to those desperate victims.
Provinces like Bulacan -- just two hours drive away from Manila -- have been deep in water for almost a week.
The towns there are still submerged in water and most of the residents are going out to buy food and much needed water since relief has not reached them.
Canoes, bamboo beds, and other improvised flotation devices are used to transport people and supplies to stranded relatives.
"We don't have rice anymore. That's why we had to go out and buy food because help has not come to our place," Bulacan resident Celia Belisario said. "There are many people in our village who really need help."
A rubber boat brought by CBN's Operation Blessing is a great help to officials carrying out relief and rescue efforts.
Rice fields now submerged in 15 feet of water are used like roads to rescue those who are stranded.
Operation Blessing found the Escudero family after volunteer Bimboy Soque received a text message asking for help.
"I was growing desperate and getting nervous because what if the water will rise," Lydia Escudero said. "And we were running out of drinking water."
"My brother was texting us to evacuate, but there was just no way to do it," Joel Escudero recalled. "It was him who sent the text message. We were really praying for God to help us."
Soque is happy his family could be saved, as well as others.
"God guided us and we found her, but it was pitch dark and the waves were already strong, so we promised to come back today," he said.
"Praise God because we were also able to rescue seven other people last night and reunited them with worried family members," he said.
"It is really a miracle that you found us. All our drinking water containers were already empty. And there was no way that we can go out from here to get our supplies," Joel said.
"CBN is really a big help to us because aside from our physical needs, your coming here gave us hope and lifted our spirits," he said.
Other residents also rejoiced over the food and water delivered by Operation Blessing and local Christian volunteers.
For them, just the fact that people care enough to come and help them makes a huge difference.
Operation Blessing is also giving medical care to victims in other province. Staff and volunteers will continue to provide relief and assistance in the days ahead.
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Ireland call up for Mccarthy
FAI Regional Manager for South Tom O'shea with all the latest soccer news
Published 22/02/2012 | 10:23
CONGRATULATIONS to Savannah Mccarthy (Listowel Celtic) who has been selected on the Irish Schools U-15 squad that who will shortly be going into training ahead of the Bob Docherty Trophy, an international tournament featuring long standing participants Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales who will be joined this year by England and Holland to make a six nations event.
The tournament will take place from April 2 to 5 at the AUL Complex in Dublin. Savannah is a pupil at Presentation Secondary School Listowel.
Coaching Staff Vacancies
THE aims and objectives of the FAI Emerging Talent Programme are as follows: Identify, develop, monitor, and evaluate players in all age groups; Enable Emerging Talent develop their capacities to a full potential; Provide a more challenging level of training and development; Provide the opportunity for players to train within their own area in a structured and quality environment; Provide a higher quantity and quality of players for National and International teams; Improve the quality of player across all levels of the game.
Applicants must possess at a minimum the UEFA 'A' qualification for outfield coaches and the UEFA 'B' qualification for goalkeeper coaches. Priority will be given to candidates with experience of developing young players to a high calibre.
Candidates must be dedicated to player development, possess a high degree of organization and planning, excellent communication skills, have a clear understanding of the Emerging Talent programme, should have a friendly, polite and approachable manner with an outgoing personality. The successful candidates will be remunerated based on qualifications and experience.
Applicants must be available for all Regional Emerging Talent training sessions which are held on Monday nights, match days which are held on six occasions during midweek day time hours, two in-service training days, which are held midweek day time hours in August and January and be available to attend matches in the local leagues which feed players into their specific Regional Emerging Talent Centre at least one weekend in every month.
Interested and suitably qualified candidates should forward their CV with the contact details of two persons who can vouch for the applicants coaching abilities to firstname.lastname@example.com or alternatively by post to Niall Harrison, FAI, National Sports Campus Ireland, Abbotstown, Dublin 15.
All applicants must indicate which of the following centres and which position they are applying to work in: Regional centres are Letterkenny, Castlebar, Galway, Limerick, Killarney, Blarney; Waterford, Arklow, Tullamore, Clondalkin, AUL Complex, Dundalk.
The positions available are Junior Head Coach, Junior Assistant Coach, Junior Goalkeeping Coach, Senior Head Coach, Senior Assistant Coach, and Senior Goalkeeping Coach. Applications will only be accepted until Friday, March 23 at 5pm.
Duffy called into squad
WITH Richard Dunne ruled out after suffering a fractured clavicle in Aston Villa's clash against Manchester City, Everton defender Shane Duffy has been called up to Giovanni Trappatoni's squad to face the Czech Republic in the 'Three International Friendly' on February 29 in Aviva Stadium.
You may recall that Duffy suffered a life threatening injury at an Ireland training camp back in 2010 when he had to undergo emergency surgery after rupturing the blood supply to his liver in what medical staff describe as 'freak accident' after colliding with the goalkeeper.
FAI medical staff say the then 18 year old's life was saved as a result of the operation carried out by Gerry Mcentee at the Mater Hospital. Duffy has made four appearances for the Everton first team this season and is another young player earmarked for a bright future with the international squad.
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Killarney Celtic's U11s National Cup last 16 tie has been fixed for Saturday, March 4 away to Glenmuir, the game will kick off at 1pm. Celtic are the only Kerry side left in the National Cup across all age groups.
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Billy Dennehy scores a penalty and crosses for the second Shamrock Rovers goal in their 2-0 pre- season win over Wexford Youths.
Diarmuid O'carroll comes off the bench as Cliftonville beat St Patricks Athletic in first leg of Setanta Sports Cup tie and does likewise at weekend as Cliftonville lose 1-0 to Glentoran.
A late Wales goal inflicted defeat upon the Republic of Ireland Under18 home-based side at Ferrycarrig Park in Wexford, the Welsh winning 21.


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As the tenth anniversary of the fall of the New Order approaches, the Center for Southeast Asia Studies at UC Berkeley and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at UCLA are planning a joint conference that will examine the new forces for change that have emerged in Indonesia over this past decade and the transformations that have occurred, while also reflecting upon the New Order and its legacies.
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NEW YORK - Stocks were strong throughout the day, confirming Thursday's sharp rally following the Federal Reserve's surprise interest rate cuts. Orderly gains were made in both blue-chip and secondary issues with most sectors participating. The Dow was up 117.40, or 1.41 percent, to 8416.76, led by financial and transportation stocks. Adding support were third-quarter earnings reports, which show signs of economic strain but are generally meeting revised analyst estimates.
While the Dow climbed 1.4 percent, the Nasdaq showed a more conservative gain of 9 points, or 0.6 percent to end the week at 1620.
"The volume has been strong and supportive and builds confidence that we have put in some kind of bottom and the worst has been seen," said Joseph DeMarco, head trader at HSBC Asset Management.
The Dow Jones Industrial average made a weekly climb of 517 points, or 6.6 percent, while the Nasdaq gained 128 points, or 8.6 percent, on the week. This was the largest-ever weekly gain in points for the Dow; the previous record was 346 in the week of June 13, 1997.
Banks and brokerages were the key engine behind those gains as the cut in interest rates implies improved liquidity in the banking system.
The Federal Reserve late Thursday announced a cut in the federal funds rate target to 5.00 percent from 5.25 percent, and a cut in the discount rate to 4.75 percent from 5.00 percent in a surprising intermeeting move.
"The Fed has shown it is there to come the aid of the market," DeMarco said.
Citigroup was up 1 15/16 at 41 3/4, with Paine Webber up 2 3/4 at 31.
DeMarco said the rally in bank stocks was the key to this rally, as "historically this sector has been the leader on any move out of a bear market."
However, while the rate cut appeared to bring healing to this troubled sector, doubts and speculation continue to cloud the market. Investors wonder what other institutions may be having trouble, and what is ahead as far as exposure risk is concerned.
"There are still questions of where we are going and what else is out there that we don't know," said Jack Regan, head of derivative products trading at Josephthal Lyon and Ross.
DeMarco said these doubts were to be expected as investors continue to hunt for soft spots as the aversion to risk remains high.
"It's the idea that where there's one roach there's always more, but as a whole I think the sector is improving," he said.
Transportation stocks, and airlines in particular, also put in a stellar performance Friday, with the AMEX Airline index rising 4.0 percent.
Traders said lower interest rates were favorable for airlines, many of which borrow heavily to buy new airplanes and equipment. Adding to this are oil prices, which are having trouble moving off their recent lows.
Delta Airlines, which reported favorable third-quarter performance this week, climbed 4 1/2 to 98, while US Airways was up 4 1/4 to 54 3/8.
However, while some sectors showed significant gains, many traders pointed to the breadth and small-cap involvement as the most impressive factor.
"You're seeing really good advance / decline numbers here, and we were also about 4 to 1 on Thursday. The Dow has been doing pretty good on its own, but finally we're seeing the rest of the market doing just as well as the Dow," said Frank Gretz, technical analyst with Shields and Co.
The Russell 2000 climbed 2.4 percent, with the Wilshire small-cap index up 2.7 percent, outperforming all the other major indices.
The New York Stock Exchange reported preliminary volume at 1.096 billion shares, the fourth-largest-volume day ever. Advances totaled 2,087, with 1,022 declines and 409 unchanged issues.
The Nasdaq reported preliminary volume at 976.1 million shares, with 2,450 advances, 1,576 declines and 1,397 unchanged issues.
Technology stocks failed to throw their full weight into the rally, with some of the key players on the Nasdaq remaining in the red. Software issues saw the most widespread weakness.
Microsoft was down 3/8 at 105 1/16, Yahoo! Inc. was down 3 3/4 at 115 5/8 and Cisco Systems was down 1 9/16 at 55 3/8.
The flow of blue-chip earnings slowed Friday ahead of the weekend, although several companies opened their books.
Merck's third-quarter earnings came in at $1.12 per share, beating First Call's $1.11 estimate, which pushed shares up 2 3/4 to 136.
IBP Inc. reported third-quarter net earnings at 70 cents per share, beating First Call's 48-cent estimate. Shares were up 2 1/4 at 23 1/16.
Caterpillar fell 1 to 47 after reporting third-quarter earnings at 92 cents per share, missing First Call' $1.00 estimate.
Kellogg Co., said Friday its earnings per share for all of 1998 likely will fall 20 percent from the $1.70 per share it earned in 1997. That would leave the company's earnings near $1.36 per share for the entire year, 8 cents below First Call's current projection. Kellogg shares fell 3 9/16 to 34 1/16.
Bankers Trust Corp. shares dropped 5 1/2 to 51 3/8 on talk the money center might be in insurmountable financial distress which may require attention by the Federal Reserve, according to sources and traders.
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8 Things You Shouldn't Buy in Winter
NEW YORK ( MainStreet) -- Seasoned deal hunters know that it's not just about where you buy, but when you buy. As retailers put out new product lines and attempt to clear out old stock during the course of the year, prices on various items rise and fall.
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Exactly what constitutes a seasonal vegetable will differ a bit depending on what part of the country you're from, but as a general rule you'll want to steer clear of vegetables grown typically in the warmer months, as they tend to be worse-tasting and more expensive come wintertime.
"Corn, in the middle of the summer, is going to be 15 cents an ear and taste great," says Jodi Furman, who writes the personal finance blog LiveFabuLESS. "If you buy now, it's going to be 40 to 50 cents an ear and won't be nearly as sweet."
Furman points us toward this helpful site , which allows you to select your area and discover which foods are in season during a given time. If you like fresh local produce, it's a good place to start.
Warm-weather items
In November we advised you to go out and buy outdoor furniture and grills, which at the time were deeply discounted as retailers looked to unload summer stock. Hopefully you listened, because by this point in the season, such items are generally back to full price.
"Anything seasonal for summer, it's not a good time to buy now," says Furman. "You can find swimwear
Camping gear
Speaking of the great outdoors, you might be tempted to think that camping gear would be heavily discounted, as stores look to get people to buy during a slow time of year for outdoorsy activities.
But that's apparently not the case, says Lindsay Sakraida of DealNews.com, which tracks deals and discounts on a daily basis.
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By that same token, Sakraida says people are surprised to learn that travel gear such as suitcases aren't all that discounted during the winter.


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Nancy A. Nussmeier, M.D., named chair of anesthesiology
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Nancy A, Nussmeier, M.D., director of Cardiovascular Anesthesia Research at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, has been named chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at SUNY Upstate Medical University. The appointment, effective Sept. 25, was announced by Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., SUNY Upstate executive vice president and dean of the College of Medicine.
"Dr. Nussmeier is a nationally recognized leader in cardiac anesthesiology who brings to SUNY Upstate extraordinary academic, clinical and leadership skills," said Scheinman. "She will be an outstanding leader for the department and the institution."
As director of Cardiovascular Anesthesia Research at the Texas Heart Institute, one of the nation's largest cardiovascular centers, Nussmeier directs an aggressive research enterprise dedicated to improving anesthesia and surgical care in patients with cardiovascular disease. Some of Nussmeier's studies under way at the institute and those of her colleagues include how to protect the brain during cardiac surgery and gender-related outcomes after cardiac surgery. Other key projects include the investigation of novel drugs for the treatment of pain after cardiac and thoracic surgery, as well as anesthetic management for people with severe heart failure. Nussmeier was named director of Cardiovascular Anesthesia Research in 1999.
Nussmeier's research has been widely published in a variety of journals, including the the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Anesthesiology, Anesthesia and Analgesia, the Journal of Cardiothoracic Vascular Anesthesia, and the Texas Heart Institute Journal. In addition to her dozens of journal articles and abstracts, she has contributed to nearly a dozen medical textbooks.
In addition to her role at the Texas Heart Institute, Nussmeier also serves as a professor professor in the Department of Anesthesia at Baylor College of Medicine and is an attending anesthesiologist at Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.
Before joining the Texas Heart Institute, Nussmeier held faculty posts at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, and the University of California, San Francisco.
Nussmeier serves on the editorial boards of numerous publications, including Anesthesia and Analgesia and the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.
She is a member of the board of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, where she serves as chair of its Committee on Research and co-chair of its Task Force for Philanthropy. She also serves on the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia Leadership Committee. She has also held leadership positions with the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
A native of Indiana, Nussmeier received a bachelor's degree from Purdue University in 1975, and a medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1979. Her postgraduate training includes a surgery internship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Waltham Hospital, Boston (1980), anesthesia residency at Massachusetts General Hospital (1982) and a cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta (1983).
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Jay Legenhausen has "terminated" his employment with flash memory maker Spansion (UNKNOWN: CODE.DL ) , the company said in a late Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He had been acting as corporate senior vice president of worldwide sales. Tom Sparkman now assumes that role, according to a revised bio at Spansion's corporate website.
The news kicked off a 4% drop in the stock in after-hours trading Friday, continuing a slide that's seen Spansion shares drop more than 17% year to date. The company reported a fourth-quarter earnings miss in January and then lowered Q2 guidance in July.
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KALAMAZOO, MI -- We didn't have a clothes dryer. So, like almost everyone else in the neighborhood, we hung our laundry on clothes lines in the back yard.
By "everyone" I actually mean everyone's mom and, as they got older, all the girls.
In our house, my four sisters and I rotated chores -- dishes, vacuuming, cleaning the bathroom and such. I never thought anything of it.
That was until three other boys watched me carry a loaded laundry basket into the back yard. From the other side of the fence, they started to laugh and cackle.
They could not believe a guy with four sisters had to do what was considered woman's work. They were in great comedic form that day.
I started with the towels because once you got a row hung, you could kind of hide behind them. But this load was short on towels and long on underwear. The fellas really let me have it when I started to hang my teen-age sisters' bras and, well, other things.
I attempted a few lame comebacks. They used those against me, as well as a wooden clothes pin I threw at them.
When I hung up my underwear, they had enough material to really crack themselves up. They were holding their sides from laughter. I stood my ground and continued to work.
One of them said something about BVDs and skid marks. I had to laugh at that too.
I finished. I entered the house with my head held high. Then I realized my mom had been listening.
This was the woman who, when I was 3, helped me lose one of my two big front teeth. I had asked my father what he was talking about. He was standing with two other men. After he said, "Nothing," I said something along the lines of, "Well, you should shut up then."
This was the woman who, when I was 5, forced me to go outside when most of the Terry brothers came up the street and asked if I could "play." I had punched Tyrone Terry, who was my age, in the mouth a few minutes earlier and he had run home crying. His three older brothers were returning him to the scene of the crime to square things up.
"You don't have to do that anymore," Mom said of me and the laundry. "There are other things you can do."
She smiled. I was 14. A few months later she helped me get my learner's permit and began teaching me to drive.
Hers is the voice I hear in my head when I'm about to do something I shouldn't do.
It stops me from jumping to conclusions. It usually stops me from saying the first thing that comes to mind. It has, thus far, stopped me on several occasions from killing my own children.
Mostly the voice warns, "Don't do that!" The word "that" is drawn out in a disappointed tone. Thirteen years after her death, I still don't want to disappoint Mom.
But hers is also the voice I hear when I need encouragement. It makes me stand up when a woman needs a seat. It makes me pick up clothes on the floor (usually) and put dishes away. It makes me try to do the right thing when no one is looking. It makes me think the impossible can happen if the right planets align.
It also makes me wish I was as wise as she was, and as good a parent as she was.
Dad died when we were very young, so Mom made sure we were all very self-sufficient. For me, that meant she always tried to have an answer to my questions. And quite a few times the answer was, "You'll have to find that out for yourself."
She was the woman who, when I was 17, asked if I had made all the necessary arrangements and asked if I needed her to check them over. I said that wasn't necessary. A few days later, she drove me to the train station and I headed off to college in the Midwest.
Whenever I returned home as an adult, she would pay me the highest compliment a parent can pay her or his child. She would introduce me to her co-workers and others as, "My son, in whom I am well pleased."
That is a paraphrase from the Bible (Matthew 3:17), God the Father referring to Jesus: "And lo a voice from heaven, saying, 'This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.'"
Thanks for making me hang clothes, Mom. And then letting me do other things.
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Now that it's bowl eligible, Baylor wants more
WACO -- Now that the Baylor Bears have reached their goal of becoming bowl eligible for the first time since 1995, they want to pull up a couple of chairs and eat some more from the college football table.
With four regular-season games remaining against Texas, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and Oklahoma, the 6-2 Bears believe their days of feasting on opponents are just beginning.
That's especially true because they've finally earned some respect nationally by becoming ranked No. 24 in the nation in the latest ESPN/ USA Today coaches poll, and No. 25 in the country by The Associated Press.
Still, despite being atop the Big 12 South standings with a 3-1 record midway through conference play, Baylor coach Art Briles doesn't believe his team has arrived.
"We have the feeling of accomplishment, but not of our destiny having been determined," Briles said Monday. "We are still rolling, we are going to roll, we are going to play and we are going to play extremely hard this weekend.
"That is a deal where we are certainly proud of where we are at this point. But that is not the end of the road for us."
While the Bears are bowl eligible, they have even higher goals.
Baylor's journey to the top of the bowl rankings starts at 6 p.m. Saturday when it plays the unranked Texas Longhorns (4-3, 2-2) in Austin.
In the meantime, as the Bears continue to soak in the revelry that was attached to Saturday's historic 47-42 win over Kansas State. They also know another layer of work is just starting.
"Like coach was telling us, he said he'll take the pats on the back and the notoriety, because we haven't had that," quarterback Robert Griffin said. "For a long time we've been down-talked-to and disrespected a lot.
"So I think you just continue to ride the high. You don't try to shut the high down and tell everybody that we're not good at all."
For the Bears, it is as if the football gods are finally opening doors for them. After all, who would have thought they would be leading the Big 12 South at this juncture, while Texas' other three Big 12 schools -- Texas, Texas Tech and Texas A&M -- would be bringing up the rear?
"We're looking forward to not only being eligible for a bowl, but also to win our conference, so that is what we're looking for," cornerback Mikail Baker said.
Confidence in Briles
When Baylor athletic director Ian McCaw went through his wish-list of coaches to replace Guy Morriss nearly three years ago, he knew if he could get his hands on Art Briles, Baylor would improve.
Briles was hired away from the Houston on Nov. 28, 2007.
"We've seen the progress all the way through, and he's done a great job of building and instilling confidence in the players and recruiting," McCaw said of Briles.
Heisman worthy
Texas coach Mack Brown said he can't imagine voters not having Robert Griffin mentioned in this year's Heisman Trophy race.
Griffin said he was flattered.
"Mack Brown is a big, big figure in college sports," Griffin said. "So for him to say something like that definitely means something to somebody, or to a lot of people."


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Publicly, the Flyers brass is all smiles about their work so far this summer.
But we wonder if they must feel like parents who have walked several blocks to an Ocean City beach, dragging an umbrella and chairs, three young kids, a well-stocked cooler, and all the essential toys - only to realize they left their beach tags at the house.
In other words, it's been a frustrating week in Flyerdom, especially for the fans.
But the Flyers aren't fazed by the fact they failed to hit a home run in free agency.
That's because they have the NHL's best group of sophomores, players who will have a chance to spread their wings.


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WRKO at Republican National Convention
The Boston.com Morning Show, Kuhner Report and Howie Carr Show were all in Cleveland July 18-21 for the Republican National Convention. WRKO will also have live updates from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia July 25-28 courtesy of ABC News.
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Plan Your Visit
Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street)
New York, NY 10021
General Inquires: 212-288-6400
Fax: 212-517-8315
Box Office: 212-517-ASIA (2742) or https://tickets.asiasociety.org
Tuesday-Sunday, 11 am-6 pm. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Starting Labor Day and through June, the Museum is open for free on Fridays 6 pm - 9 pm.
For Garden Court Café hours, click here.
AsiaStore Hours:
Tuesday through Sunday 11 am-6 pm.
From August 14 through Labor Day, AsiaStore will be open Tuesday through Saturday 11 am-6 pm.
For more information about AsiaStore, click here.
$12.00; $10.00 for seniors and $7.00 for students with ID; free for members and persons under 16.
Admission is free on Fridays from 6 pm - 9 pm (Labor Day through June).
A cell phone audio tour is included in the price of admission.
Admission is not required to visit AsiaStore or the Garden Court Café.
Located at 725 Park Avenue and East 70th Street.
M1, M2, M3, M4 to Madison Avenue and East 70th Street; M101, M102 to Lexington Avenue and East 70th Street; M30 to Park and 72nd; M66 to Park Avenue and 68th Street.
6 train to East 68th Street/Hunter College or F to East 63rd Street/Lexington Avenue.
Limited on-street metered and unmetered parking is available in the surrounding neighborhood.
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Daily Exhibition Tours
Tuesday through Sunday at 2:00 pm. Friday also at 6:30 pm. (The Friday 6:30 pm tours are suspended from July 4 through mid-September.)
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Asia Society invites your group to enjoy a special experience of the Asia Society Museum. Plan a visit for groups of 20 or more adults and enjoy discounted admission price and personalized tour planning assistance from our expert staff.
For additional information or to make a reservation, please call 212-327-9237.
Visitor Guidelines
- Please do not touch the artwork.
- No eating or drinking outside of the Garden Court Café. No outside food permitted.
- Cell phone use is restricted to the public telephone area of the A-level except when accessing the audio tour.
- Bags, umbrellas, and large packages must be checked while visiting the galleries or AsiaStore.
- Please note that our coat check is open to Asia Society Museum and Asia Society event attendees only, and only accepts coats and small packages. We will not accept luggage (suitcases or carry-on bags).
- Photography and electronic recording of any kind are not permitted anywhere in the building.
- No dogs are allowed into the building. No bicycles (including folding bikes, roller blades, skateboards, etc.) are allowed into the building. Coat check will not accept any of the items mentioned above as checkable items.
- Only pencils may be used in the galleries; the use of pens and markers is prohibited.
- The Asia Society Museum is a smoke-free environment.
Violations of the above restrictions may result in removal from the Museum without refund.
Sketching and Copying
Sketching, in pencil only, is permitted in all galleries of Asia Society. The use of ballpoint pens, ink, markers, fountain pens, or watercolors is not permitted at any time. Crayon, pastel, and charcoal are permitted only on Museum-supervised tours that specifically authorize their use. While sketching, please do not hinder visitor traffic flow in the galleries. During periods of high attendance, the Museum reserves the right to make any necessary adjustments to this sketching policy.
The Noguchi Museum
The Noguchi Museum, located in Long Island City, Queens, offers shuttle-bus service on Sundays between the Museum and the Asia Society and Museum, Manhattan. Click here for visitor information. Bus may be delayed due to traffic and/or inclement weather. Please call the Noguchi Museum at 718-204-7088 to confirm that the bus is running on time.
Please note: the Noguchi Museum shuttle bus service will no longer operate effective January 4, 2015.
Please inquire at the Reception Desk for any assistance you may require. Asia Society Museum and its programs are accessible to people using wheelchairs. Wheelchairs are available for use during your visit. A limited number of assistive listening devices, headsets, and neckloops are available for most programs at Asia Society. Large-font audio tour scripts are available at the Reception Desk. Large-font exhibition labels are available outside the Museum galleries.


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Initial class bag. Simple and quite fun to do. Second bag was the next project I did. A happy mistake created a bag of a bit different design. I placed the wrong end of the pattern on the fold. When completed, I cut down the center of the bag to allow the needed hand/arm space for the handle. I like this smaller/shorter version of the same bag. Not sure which I version I will use for the next one.
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Help With Jtag Xenon
Posted 03 October 2010 - 08:12 AM
Any help is much appreciated.
Posted 03 October 2010 - 09:51 AM
Ok so iv done hundreds of jtag's in the past.But this is one is driving me insane.I got xell working and got the cpu key and have the original nand decrypted.Nand had 3 bad blocks on all 3 dumps so i continued to inject the keyvault into a freeboot image made with ibuild.When i flashed freeboot it was always coming up with e79 after showing a small part of the animation logo even after me remapping the bad blocks.Xell booted perfectly.So someone suggested i change the dates on the nand image ie 2004-2007 microsoft so that it would boot as some tutorials suggest.Still no dice.So i searched again and someone suggested changing the smc out of the freeboot for that of an XBR smc.So i did that.Flashed the nand.Now its stuck at 3 red lights,No Xell nothing.Secondary error code is 0102 which im told is a gpu error but iv refixed the rrod around 10 times now and was working perfect up until i changed the smc.I now cannot access the nand through nand pro and iv checked my wiring a thousand times.Iv tried shorting the nand but to no avail.Anyone got any ideas?
Any help is much appreciated.
ok so first thing the freeboot smc and the xbr smc are the same thing if you would build your freeboot images without freeboot toolbox maker you would know that. so that being said , your problem is indeed a GPU error the only way to fix it would be too either
A. get the gpu reflowed
B. find someone in your area with a reballing station and have the cpu and gpu both reballed with lead solder
option B is your best bet at a long lasting repair but it does cost alittle more as it can be a lot more work than your average Xbox RROD fix
good luck hope you get it sorted
Posted 03 October 2010 - 11:07 AM
ok so first thing the freeboot smc and the xbr smc are the same thing if you would build your freeboot images without freeboot toolbox maker you would know that. so that being said , your problem is indeed a GPU error the only way to fix it would be too either
A. get the gpu reflowed
B. find someone in your area with a reballing station and have the cpu and gpu both reballed with lead solder
option B is your best bet at a long lasting repair but it does cost alittle more as it can be a lot more work than your average Xbox RROD fix
good luck hope you get it sorted
As i stated above i dont use some noobtoolbox to make the image for me.I made it with ibuild.I extracted the smc using 360 flash tool and reinjected it into the freeboot from the XBR image.I know the smc is the same provided you have the same XBR/Freeboot image for the same console.The file was called smc_dec.bin after i extracted it.i could read/write to nand as many times as i liked up until i flashed this smc.So i dont think its a gpu error.
Posted 03 October 2010 - 11:25 AM
Posted 03 October 2010 - 11:50 AM
Posted 03 October 2010 - 05:47 PM
UPDATE: ok so i got rid of the rrod (0102 error) and now its giving off 0022.which is what i had after i flashed the smc.Any ideas?
RROD 0022 is a bridged solder point under the gpu the only way to fix it is to reball it your SMC has nothing to do with it unless you are flashing the SMC from your stock nand and i hope nay i know you know better than that
Posted 04 October 2010 - 03:51 AM
Posted 05 October 2010 - 03:08 PM
Posted 06 October 2010 - 02:33 AM
Ok so i reballed of the course of yesterday and i STILL have 0022.I know for a FACT its the smc.Everything was fine up until i changed the smc.any ideas?
How are you re-balling the machine? I hope you are using professional equipment and not the overheating method.
That is my worry there is a big difference between reflowing and reballing. A cheap reballing machine runs $400 to $500, where as you can build a reflow station for like $50 not to mention the original 0022 could have damaged the gpu sending voltage threw the wrong spot can do that you know if you really do have a reballing machine then try swapping GPU's out.
As for your insistence that something is wrong with your SMC. If your that worried about it go download a fresh copy of XBR3 Xenon from the usual place and just extract the SMC from there and bingo an SMC that you know for a fact is good because thousands of people have tried tested and trust it. other than that recheck your solder points make sure you don't have any damaged diodes or wiring. oh and if re-downloading XBR fixes the issue that mean that you got a stock SMC and XBR's SMC confused and maybe you should use the noobtooboxmaker after all to prevent this from happening again.
Posted 14 October 2010 - 12:44 PM
Posted 15 October 2010 - 07:38 PM
Yes but thats the problem.How am i supposed to flash this fresh copy of XBR or freeboot when i cant access the nand? I think a cygnos is the only thing that can help me now.
if you have done "hundreds of jtags" you would know you do it the same way you installed xell on all the other jtags here i'll make it easy for you hook you jtag up to your lpt port go into nandpro and type
nandpro lpt: -r16 noobkv.bin 1 1
dump it a few times and make sure they match then type
nandpro lpt: -r16 noobconfig.bin 3de 2
same thing dump and compare to make sure they match
now that you have that type
nandpro xbrxenon.bin: -w16 noobkv.bin 1 1
nandpro xbrxenon.bin: -w16 noobconfig.bin 3de 2
finally type
nandpro lpt: -w16 xbrxenon.bin
before you ask xbrxenon.bin is simply whatever you named the XBR3 xenon nand once you get back to XBR i highly recommend you use the noobtool maker for freeBOOT. as for needing a cygnos why?? it's pointless since FreeBOOT is a single nand option now. BTW you need to look at one of the 50 tuts out there on reading and writing your nand threw lpt. all of the info i gave you is available in just about every one of them
lol not to carry on but reviewing your original post if you just injected a kv into a freeboot image build with ibuild that was your problem in the first place you needto flash back to stock and start over building your freeboot image fresh with all the proper info from the original nand make sure you upgrade xell to xellous so you get bad block handling as you are updating the nand
Edited by ravendrow, 15 October 2010 - 07:44 PM.
Posted 17 October 2010 - 12:23 AM
Posted 17 October 2010 - 06:03 AM
i continued to inject the keyvault into a freeboot image made with ibuild.When i flashed freeboot it was always coming up with e79 after showing a small part of the animation logo even after me remapping the bad blocks.
unless i somehow magically forgot how to read the English language you most certainly did say you injected your kv. as for not being able to access your nand it is most likely a disconected ground or a short somewhere in the cable try switching those and your diode on th mobo i recommend you just wire the ground (it's the 3rd wire on the bottom row if you wondering) to the case of the 360 it should prevent failure to ground issues if your flash isn't being detected it is going to be a wiring problem.
Posted 19 October 2010 - 02:25 PM
"0022 CPU error, generally caused by a poor connection to the mainboard (cold solder joints/bridged solder joints). This can also be triggered by an error with the TSOP."
so, we wrote an unpatched XBR to the nand, then patched it (on the NAND) with original KV and Config after doing so, and realized we just had a bad wiring setup and re grounded the wire elsewhere. everything worked fine afterwards.
Posted 19 October 2010 - 06:12 PM
im sure anyone who had done hundreds of jtags would know this already,
if you have problems try going back to XBR, and follow a guide if that works all ok
if you are using a donor nand you will have to use freeboot 3.0
most common problems and fixes there and it works like a checklist dont just skip to next part if you get stuck
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At the turn of the century, Burmese pythons discarded by their owners began to establish themselves in the Everglades. Now they are invading the sensitive Florida ecosystem, pushing all other animals there to the brink of extinction.
Research conducted between 2003 and 2011 provided data that showed how animal populations changed in response to the snake intrusion. Those include raccoons, whose populations have dwindled by 99.3 percent, oppossums - diminished by 98.9 percent, and even bobcats, who are 87.5 percent gone. White-tailed deer were down 94.1 percent. Foxes were also on the decline, and rabbits have disappeared completely.
The data was collected by Michael Dorcas of North Carolina's Davidson College. Dorcas and his colleagues conducted their study over 39,000 miles of the Everglade region, recording all the animals they saw between the years of research.
Burmese pythons were first recognized as an established species in the Everglades in 2000, but they do not belong there. They are native to Southeast Asia, but are often kept as pets. The accidental or purposeful release of them by their owners resulted in the troubling situation researchers are now observing.
These pythons can grow up to 16 feet long and weight up to 150 pounds. And while they don't normally pose a threat to humans in the wild, their disastrous effects on native mammal populations is easily seen, especially to people working in the Everglades, who noted a decrease in mammal sightings over the years.
"This is the first documentation of impacts on animal populations," said Dorcas, "and they are dramatic - with 99 percent declines in some cases." Deer, bobcats, rabbits, oppossums - "These were once very common animals in the Everglades," said Dorcas, "And now they're gone.
"Last October, we found a 50-foot snake with an 80-pound doe inside it."
The declines were sharp in all areas except for those in which Burmese pythons have not yet fully colonized, further pointing to the snakes as the culprits behind these drastic animal drop-offs.
This is an important example of human interference with a fragile ecosystem, and it is proving to be continuously threatening to the animals that remain in the Everglades.
Furthermore, the ripple effect of the python issue can also be seen: Cougars, coyotes, and alligators in the Everglades now risk sharp declines as well, due to their normal prey having been mostly snatched up by the snakes.
Another issue, said Dorcas, is that the snakes' prey are unfamiliar with such a predator, as they have not encountered them before, and as such, are unable to take the appropriate measures to avoid being killed. "It has been millions of years since there was a large snake predator in [what is now] Florida," Dorcas noted. "So the animals are naive in detecting or recognizing snakes as large predators."
"Thanks to the work of our scientists, there is a large and growing understanding of the real threat Burmese pythons pose to the Everglades," said Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Department of the Interior. According to a report by the Virtual News Room, this snake "has already gained a foothold in the Florida Everglades, and we must do all we can to battle its spread and to prevent further human contributions of invasive snakes that cause economic and environmental damage."
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently banned the import and interstate transport of the Burmese python - but reversing the ongoing invasion will take a lot of work.
"These snakes are notoriously hard to find, and very secretive," said Dorcas. Combine that with the fact that much of southern Florida is vast wilderness, and the odds of finding or suppressing the intruding pythons are long. It doesn't look promising, he said. "It's an ecological mess, and exactly what's going to happen down the road remains to be seen."
Photo: A Burmese Python. This snake poses a significant threat to animal populations in the Everglades. Wikipedia


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U.S. swimming star Rebecca Soni has broken the 200-meter breaststroke world record she set on Wednesday while qualifying for the Olympic final.
The Team U.S.A. co-captain became the first swimmer to break two minutes and 20 seconds as she shaved .01 seconds off her own record in the pool on Thursday.
Soni's gold is her second medal of the 2012 Olympic Games - she won silver in the 100-meter breaststroke earlier this week, continuing America's dominance of swimming events.
Minutes after Soni's victory, teammate Michael Phelps became the first male swimmer to win gold in the same event at three successive Games - he finished first in the 200 meter individual medley, as he did in Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008).
Phelps became the most decorated Olympian ever on Tuesday. He has now won 20 medals overall, with 16 golds.


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Waste Site Cleanup & Reuse in New England
Danbury, Conn. Anthrax Clean Up
EPA is leading a coordinated effort between federal, state and local officials to clean a private residence in Danbury, Conn. from naturally-occuring anthrax. The public at large, including residents of Danbury and immediate neighbors, are not at risk from this situation.
On Wednesday, September 5, 2007, EPA was notified about two individuals with confirmed cases of cutaneous (skin) anthrax who lived in Danbury, Conn. The two individuals had been exposed to naturally-occuring anthrax which originated from imported animal hides. One of the people who contracted cutaneous anthrax used the animal hides as drum skins in the assembly process of making traditional African drums in a backyard shed. The other person who contracted anthrax was a family member.
Response officials, including EPA, the Conn. Dept. of Public Health, the Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection, the City of Danbury, the FBI, the Conn. National Guard Civil Support Team and other police and fire agencies, quickly coordinated to perform sampling at the residence, work shed and yard area to determine whether and where anthrax was present. Based on that sampling, which took place between Sept. 6-7, contaminated areas on the property were confirmed to include the two-story primary residence, the separate backyard workshop shed and the trunk of the car used to transport the hides.
The responding agencies, operating under a Unified Command structure and in consultation with EPA's National Decontamination Team, the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, developed a clean up plan for the areas with anthrax contamination. The clean up plan was carried out between Sept. 14-16, and follow up sampling was performed in the house, the work shed and the automobile. Pending the results of that sampling, decisions will be made about what types of follow up clean up activity will be employed.
Press Releases
- 9/10/07 - Lab Analysis Confirms Anthrax in Danbury, Conn.
- 9/14/07 - Clean Up of Anthrax Contamination in Danbury, Conn. Residence to Begin Friday, Sept. 14
- 9/27/07 - Planning Underway for Next Phase of Anthrax Clean Up at Danbury, Conn. Residence
- 10/16/07 - Anthrax Clean Up at Danbury, Conn. Residence to Resume in Mid- November; Sampling Confirms Shed is Free of Anthrax
- 12/12/07 - Fumigation of Danbury, Conn. Residence to Eliminate Anthrax Will Occur Between Dec. 18-20
- 12/22/07 - Anthrax Remediation Completed; House Cleared for Occupancy (PDF) (1 pg, 224 K, about PDF)
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HIGHLANDS – This little borough went big for its St. Patrick's Day Parade.
The Highlands St. Patrick's Day Parade featured spectators – and marchers – numbering in the thousands along Bay Avenue Saturday afternoon.
That was a welcome sight for Carla Cefalo-Braswell, the president of the Highlands Business Partnership
"We're very pleased with the turnout," Cefalo-Braswell said. "It seems like every year the parade gets a little bit bigger."
Though the afternoon's warm and pleasant weather may have helped, that's not bad for a borough of just over 5,000 people.
The Highlands Business Partnership has sponsored the annual parade, the partnership's first event of 2014, for 12 years.
"Any time we get this many people into our community and visiting the businesses, it's a good thing," Cefalo-Braswell said.
The visitors, decked-out in green and orange, packed businesses along the borough's main thoroughfare. Obvious choices, like The Claddagh Irish Pub, teemed with revelers, but other businesses, like Chilango's Mexican Restaurant and Andy's Shore Bar were also swarmed.
Grand marshals Henry Moyer and Nick DiBari, owners of the Off the Hook Restaurant, led the parade from Huddy Park to Veterans Park.
The parade itself took over 90 minutes to traverse the route, under one mile, as 100 groups, including marching bands and Irish dancers, entertained onlookers. Candy, t-shirts and toys were thrown from floats representing area businesses, and eight area pipe-and-drum ensembles marched in the parade.


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Has anyone gotten the linux nbu client to work on FreeBSD?
I have it "working" but I keep getting connection timed out,
I can however contact the ports netbackup is running on.
all binaries execute correctly but "bp" which gives me when I execute it
on the command line
Exit status = client cannot read the mount table
any help would be greatly appreciated.


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The Muppets
Release Date: November 23rd, 2011
PG|1 hr. 38 min.
Plot Summary
Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, is on vacation in Los Angeles with his brother Gary (Jason Segel) and Gary's girlfriend, Mary (Amy Adams). They discover that greedy Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) plans to raze Muppet Studios and drill for oil on the spot. Desperate to save the Muppets' former stomping grounds, the three friends join forces with Kermit to reunite Miss Piggy, Fozzie and the rest of the gang to hold a telethon to raise the $10 million they need to save the studio .
Cast: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, Alan Arkin, James Carville, Donald Glover, Leslie Feist
Director: James Bobin
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If you have to empty your pool for the winter, might as well have fun with it.
This dude thought it was a good idea to try and drink beer and smoke while in front of an industrial air compressor.
Steve shows us how we can easily combine our favorite things. You'll be drinking and smoking with ease in no time. Subscribe to Steve's weekly series WEED. WHISKEY. WOMEN on his Youtube channel. New shows every Friday at 4:20pm central, United States.
The redneck with a big heart made this insane contraption for his kids to play on! I wish I lived in Kentucky!
TMZ reports that MTV has been shooting season two for the past month in Sarah Palin's back yard with a whole new cast. TMZ source say the concept is the same as before with lots of "hooking up" and fight but season two will also have some crazy stunts to keep us entertained. CLICK FOR… Continue Reading
This guy is not only a dumb-ass but lucky to be living to tell his story. He came real close to winning the Darwin award.


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The Budgetary Impact of Ending Drug Prohibition
Jeffrey A. Miron
Harvard University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Katherine Waldock
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
September 27, 2010
State and federal governments in the United States face massive looming fiscal deficits. One policy change that can reduce deficits is ending the drug war. Legalization means reduced expenditure on enforcement and an increase in tax revenue from legalized sales.
This report estimates that legalizing drugs would save roughly $41.3 billion per year in government expenditure on enforcement of prohibition. Of these savings, $25.7 billion would accrue to state and local governments, while $15.6 billion would accrue to the federal government.
Approximately $8.7 billion of the savings would result from legalization of marijuana and $32.6 billion from legalization of other drugs.
The report also estimates that drug legalization would yield tax revenue of $46.7 billion annually, assuming legal drugs were taxed at rates comparable to those on alcohol and tobacco. Approximately $8.7 billion of this revenue would result from legalization of marijuana and $38.0 billion from legalization of other drugs.
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Today's workout:
100 KB Snatches, done as fast as possible.
Pull-ups, 3 x 10
Push-ups, 35-20-15
Body rows, 3 x 10
100 KB Swings, as fast as possible.
I didn't time them but I was happy with the pace with the kettlebells. Some definite huffing and puffing going on.
So, Sunday we took the kids to the Children's Museum in Pittsburgh. It was our second visit and the kids love it, so we went ahead and bought a membership. It pays for itself in 2 visits, so it's worth it.After we were going out for some dinner. My wife gave me an ear full of how our dinning options are always so limited due to my eating habits. I gave in and let her pick. We ended up going to Di Felice Brothers(supposedly ranked #1 for something). I don't mind the occasional cheat when good food is involved, so what the hell. Disappointed does not come close to describing it. It tasted like a fucking PIzza Hut pan pizza. What a fucking joke. So I got to feel like crap and didn't even get good pizza. Today I came home from work early. there was a water main break, and I guess the FDA gets all funny about making vitamins and supplements when you can't do things like wash your hands, so we were sent home. We went down to Wheeling and hung out in the Cabelas store for a while. We had dinner at a steak place. It was decent, but nothing special. It's real food though. The same argument came from my wife about limited restaurant choices. I asked just how fair it is to me that I have to feel like crap because she doesn't want to listen to crappy country music in a chain steak place. It's not my fault our choices in this area are shit. I will only want to eat in a place were something resembling real food is available.