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Introducing the Home-Price Scorecard
Given the constant flow of data from various housing indexes, Developments is launching a new monthly "scorecard" offering a snapshot of home prices. Working with the design firm Column Five, based in Newport Beach, Calif., we've come up with a graphic featuring the year-over-year percent change for the most recent month available.
The indexes offer plenty of other analysis, but this figure is a good place to start.
To be sure, there are differences worth noting. Here's a brief description (in no particular order) of each index included in this feature:
- S&P/Case-Shiller looks at repeat sales in 20 metro areas, using a three-month moving average.
- The LPS repeat-sales index tracks sales each month in more than 13,500 zip codes.
- Federal Housing Finance Agency's purchase-only index looks at repeat sales, based on data from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- The FNC index has data from 100 major metro areas, and excludes foreclosed properties.
- CoreLogic produces a monthly repeat-sales index.
- Radar Logic tracks values for 25 metro areas. Monthly data reflect the 28-day value of the Radar Logic Daily Prices.
- The Clear Capital index looks at repeat sales for several property types, including condos, across metros.
- The Zillow Home Value Index is the median Zestimate valuation for an area and includes single-family homes, condos and co-ops, regardless of whether they sold in a given period.


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Parties on a Budget
Quick fixes for common stressors, DIY Halloween costumes, kiddie parties on a budget, and so much more in the October issue of Good Housekeeping Philippines, out now!
Early this year, I shared 10 of my favorite fashion blogs with you. These online diaries penned by real girls with real style never fail to give me a good dose of inspiration. Websites like these, however, are not the only ones filling up my blogroll.
I can't even count the number of times I've extolled my love for fashion through this blog, so you can probably surmise that I absolutely love keeping abreast of what's going on in and around the industry. And while monthly magazines may fulfill this need, when I want the latest news the fastest way possible, nothing is as practical as loading my favorite fashion news websites into my browser.
So yes, there you have it. I couldn't get enough of online publications dedicated to the freshest stories unfolding all over the fashion world. From how to tell if you're at a hipster wedding to a behind-the-scenes glimpse of a New York City Ballet dress rehearsal to the art and science of valuing vintage, these websites talk about all that—and more.
Browse through the gallery for five fashion news sites to add to your feed.

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Apparently, Standard & Poor's is yet another part of the vast, politically motivated conspiracy to keep Chris Christie from convincing the people of New Jersey that they aren't doing nearly as bad as they think they are. The conspiracy runs deep and includes the non-partisan budget office, Wall st. ratings agencies and whoever invented math.
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My provider wants me to take birth control pills for some issues I am having. I have had a tubal ligation so don't need birth control. Are there other reasons to take birth control, besides birth control?
You are right that birth control pills, or oral contraceptive pills (OCP), are used for preventing unwanted or unplanned pregnancies. But your provider is also right. There other uses for, and benefits of, OCP.
A study from November, 2011, "Beyond Birth Control: The Overlooked Benefits of Oral Contraceptive Pills," by Rachel K. Jones of the Guttmacher Institute, found that 14 percent of pill users rely on them exclusively for non-contraceptive purposes.
The American Family Physician's update on oral contraceptives states, "The non- contraceptive benefits (and favorable side effect profiles) of oral contraceptive pills are so important that some patients use the pills exclusively for those reasons."
I will review some of these other uses for you:
Specific hormone combinations in some OCPs, such as Ortho Tri Cyclen, Estrostop, and Yaz, have been shown to improve acne after six months of use. Acne has been associated with high androgen levels, and these pills decrease the amount of androgen available in the user.
If you experience breast pain that is cyclic, or changes with your menstrual cycle, OCPs can be used to reduce this monthly discomfort. Similarly, functional ovarian cysts that occur during ovulation, and are often uncomfortable may be prevented as OCPs prevent ovulation from occurring.
Women have used OCPs to relieve or reduce menstrual cramps for many years. Also, users tend to experience less PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome) symptoms such as migraines and bloating.
Endometriosis can be effectively treated with combined oral contraceptives. Use of OCP reduces monthly uterine buildup and shedding. This results in slowing, or stopping, the growth of uterine tissue in other parts of your reproductive tract.
Women with PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) often experience excessive facial hair growth, known as hirsutism. Use of OCPs can reduce this excess growth in as many as 50 percent of women with PCOS. The hormone imbalance that occurs with PCOS also leads to erratic or skipped menses, obesity, ovarian cysts, and infertility problems. The hormone combination in the OCPs rights this imbalance; menses occur more regularly and side effects are lessened.
Metrorrhagia is the medical term for abnormal uterine bleeding. Once determined that this is not a symptom of a more serious medical condition, the bleeding is often regulated with use of OCPs.
Mittelschmerz (great word!) refers to the discomfort that occurs mid-month of your cycle with ovulation. Oral contraceptives block the surge of hormones that occurs prior to ovulation, and so also relieve the associated discomfort.
Some cancer risks, such as ovarian, endometrial, and colorectal may be reduced in women taking OCPs. However, other cancer risks, such as breast and cervical, may be increased if OCPs are used for greater than five years. Family history is important to review prior to initiation of OCP.
Women who experience iron deficiency anemia, caused by heavy menstrual bleeding, may benefit from taking OCPs. The heavy bleeding is generally lessened as cycles become regular with fewer days of bleeding and a lighter flow. Without the anemia there is also less fatigue and weakness noted.
In addition to all of the above, use of oral contraceptives has been associated with a lower risk of ectopic pregnancy, and a lower risk of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). It may also have positive effects on bone mineral density and cholesterol levels.
In summary, non-contraceptive benefits of oral contraceptive pills are evidence based and well documented. This treatment is not for all though, as some women do experience unpleasant side effects while taking OCPs. Other hormonal methods such as the ring, patch, and implant can offer similar benefits. Have a detailed discussion with your provider to discuss pros and cons, and decide if this is the right treatment for you.
Ila Shebar is a women's health nurse practitioner specializing in women's pelvic health and continence at Pioneer Valley Urology in Springfield. Her "Ask Ila" column appears every other Wednesday in the Health & Science section of The Republican and on MassLive.com. She can be reached at ilashebarnp.pvu@ gmail.com


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The Jackson Police Department reported the following activity for Monday, September 1, and early Tuesday, September 2, 2014:
Officers made two arrests, 21 traffic stops, three field contacts, and responded to 70 dispatches.Officer Albrecht responded to a report of a subject beating on a front door and breaking a window in the 200 block of N. Dwight St. The suspect left prior to police arrival and the victim did not know suspect.
Officer Peters arrested a 19-year-old man on an outstanding warrant.
Officers responded to the residence for a welfare check, as the children could not contact their mother who was locked in the bathroom in the 900 block of Williams. Upon arrival, officers discovered the mother crawled out the bathroom window and was at a neighbors residence and refused to return while police were there. The children were placed with a relative, DHS referral.
Officer Elston arrested a 44-year-old man for OWI and Possession of Marijuana.


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Deadly Premonition coming to Games on Demand on Xbox Live
Rising Star Games has announced that they will be releasing Deadly Premonition as a downloadable title on Xbox Live's Games on Demand service.
The curious psychological horror title has courted a lot of controversy by dividing critical opinion essentially becoming the 'Marmite' of the games industry, with reviewers either lavishing it with praise and perfect review scores or panning it as one of the worst games of the current generation.
Rising Star's Martin Defries said: "Deadly Premonition is a quirky and unique title we are proud to have published. We knew there was an audience for the title and we delivered them the game they wanted. Now Deadly Premonition is on Games on Demand it will give even more people a chance to marvel at this completely individual title and decide for themselves what they think of the most controversial title of 2010."
If you want to know more about Deadly Premonition check out our review of the PS3 version. Deadly Premonition will arrive on Games on Demand from Tuesday the 5th of July.
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Corpus Christi Catholic School is raising money for Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) with an out of uniform day. On Oct. 18, students may come to school in camouflage clothing and Duck Dynasty wear for a minimum donation of $1. All money collected will go to CCFA.
The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America holds a walk each year to celebrate the achievements made toward finding a cure for digestive diseases. Harry Edwards, a third grader at Corpus Christi Catholic School, is representing the Crohn's and Colitis foundation of America as their Honored Hero for the Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis Walk.
The walk will be Oct. 20, from 3-5 p.m. at the Fairhope Park and Pier. Edwards has been suffering from digestive problems since he was 2 years old. He has been to see doctors in Mobile, Pensacola, New Orleans, Birmingham and Winston-Salem. Harry was finally diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis last year. One in 200 Americans suffers from a form of inflammatory bowel disease. Contributions to CCFA can help find cures and new treatments to these diseases.
Harry's team motto is "Harry is Happy, Happy, Happy to Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis."
For more information about the walk go to www.ccfa.org/chapters/alabama/.


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Honam to invest $5b in petrochemical complex
Linda Yulisman
The Jakarta Post
South Korean Honam Petrochemical Corp., Asia's second-largest petrochemical producer, plans to invest up to US$5 billion to build a petrochemical complex in Indonesia, a company executive says.
Honam's senior managing director of business development, Kim Gyo-hyun, said in Jakarta on Wednesday that his firm expected to build the integrated petrochemical compound in Cilegon, Banten, in the first quarter of 2013.
"We anticipate that the construction will be completed by 2016, but the Industry Minister (MS Hidayat) expects it can be finished faster," he told reporters after a meeting at the ministry's office.
The Korean company recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with state-owned steel firm Krakatau Steel, which would provide 40 hectares of land out of the total of 60 needed to set up the compound, he said. For now, it will continue its feasibility study for the project and discuss financing issues later.
According to Kim, the naphtha cracker and its downstream plants will source raw materials from local suppliers where possible, but will also import due to the limited domestic supply.
Based on the firm's proposal, it will annually produce 1 million tons of ethylene, 550,000 tons of propylene, 600,000 tons of polyethylene, 700,000 tons of mono ethylene glycol, 600,000 tons of polypropylene and 140,000 tons of butadiene.
Kim said that once the integrated petrochemical was operating, it would give a significant boost to the domestic supply of petrochemicals.
"We will prioritize our output for the domestic market. Around 80 percent of the output will be for the local market, leaving a small part for export," he explained. At present, the domestic supply of polyolefin products depends largely on the country's largest petrochemical producer, PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk, which is currently the sixth-largest polyolefin producer in Southeast Asia.
Due to the lack of local production, the local plastics industry also relies heavily on imported raw materials, such as propylene and polyethylene, mostly from other ASEAN countries, the Middle East, the United States and European countries.
Polyolefin products, such as polyethylene, propylene and polypropylene are raw materials used in a wide range of plastic-based household products, including plastic bags, water cups, hoses and pipes.
Honam is 57.2 percent owned by the South Korean Lotte Group. It has a combined production capacity of 2.5 million tons per year from its plants in South Korea and Malaysia. In December 2010, the firm acquired Malaysia's largest petrochemical maker, Titan Chemicals Corp., which is the holding company of Indonesia's first and largest polyethylene firm, PT Titan Petrokimia Nusantara. The proposed Indonesian plant will see Honam become the largest petrochemical firm in Asia.
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Realize the impact this type of resource book has had on the field of sport psychology in general, and on so many individuals around the world. These include students, educators, and psychologists, oriented primarily as scholars or as practitioners. Be cause of this enormous success, the Handbook is now being updated and published in the third edition. The two previous editions were successful, and no doubt the present edition will be of even greater significance.
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"I've created my own little Iowa," Debbie Hutchison is saying.
On Crawford Avenue, on Syracuse's East Side.
She's talking about the large corn plant outside her front door. It's blooming, big, bright and green.
We're guessing the corn is more than 12 feet high.
Debbie's a transplanted Iowa girl, growing up on her family's farm in Northern Iowa, south of Mason City. Her folks still farm it near the small town of Hampton.
Debbie's corn plant seems to delight her neighbors in the Scottholm neighborhood south of West Genesee Street. Kristin Smith, who lives next door, contacted me about Debbie's corn.
"It truly is a sight we don't see in the middle of the city," Kristin explains.
Debbie's lived in Syracuse 21 years. She just can't cut off her roots on an Iowa farm. She also has tomatoes and basil growing in her yard.
The wayward bus
I'm back from a neat, little trip to a neat, little town: Cape May, N.J., a community next to the Atlantic Ocean at the New Jersey's southern tip. The excursion was a sponsored by the Syracuse Y's Folksmarch program. The Folkmarches are held monthly in the Syracuse area. They involve walks to various locations on Saturdays and Sundays.
We traveled in two buses from Quality Bus Service, about 90 non-marching trekkers. The trip was a first for my wife, Sandy, and me, but not for our companions, some of them veterans of Folksmarch excursions to such far-away places as Europe.
The trip went fine, except at the end, Friday night as we traveled north on I-81, toward home. We were riding in two buses driven by Jesse Glass and Carmen Losito, who'd been with us all four days. Jesse drove our Bus No. 1, Code Blue (the other was the Orange bus, of course).
We'd heard about the flooding in New York's Southern Tier, but hadn't experienced it until Friday. It was slow going as we approached Binghamton, lots of north-bound travelers slogging along, bumper-to-bumper. Someone suggested we "get off of 81," which we did.
"I think we got off too soon," our leader, Walt Price, the retired Y executive who founded Folksmarch, explained a few days later. Binghamton was seriously water-logged. We found ourselves facing an overhead bridge lower than the buses. A side street we might have escaped on was closed because of high water.
We might still be there, but for a Good Samaritan driving a flatbed tow truck who seemed to be looking for a plight such as ours. Walt didn't get his name, but he knows the guy felt our pain. He offered to get us back on track, "where we belonged," in Walt's words.
The trucker led the two buses on a jaunt through Binghamton, backtracking. We eventually got back on the interstate, then off again, onto U.S. 11 north. After a few more miles we returned to I-81 and in time, were able to push ahead, at full speed.
The detours delayed us about two hours.
Two buses of weary but grateful tourists finally arrived at our destination at Fayetteville Towne Center. There was a loud round of applause for our driver.
A "golden landmark"
Kathleen Sorbello Di Scenna has set herself a difficult challenge: she's trying to save a house at 678 W. Onondaga St. in Syracuse that's got a strong connection to L. Frank Baum, the "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" author.
Kathleen calls the house "a golden landmark in our city." She's the Lyman Frank Baum Foundation, a not-for-profit group trying to raise "at least $150,000 to help fix the house. The house cannot stand another harsh winter," according to her.
This is the so-called Neal House, home to Harriet Baum and William Neal. It's where Frank Baum met his future wife, Maud Gage, in December of 1881. "The project is now urgent," Kathleen writes. "Please help. We're looking for fundraisers, donations, not-profit groups, media support." Contact her at 278-7029.
She says the foundation is in the process of obtaining a 501(c)(3) tax exempt status, with the help of the Syracuse University Law Clinic. The long list of folks who got Kathleen's e-mail include Mayor Stephanie Miner, SU Chancellor Nancy Cantor and members of the Common Council. The house has protected status, according to Kathleen.
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I did some cursory searching around before posting this and most don't seem to fit me. feel free to drop links though if you know posts/articles that do fit.
I have been working on sticking to Primal for a little over a month now and I have having fantastic results. The only thing is I seem to have this constant desire to eat. Pretty much anything; I am satisfied, no hunger pangs or emptiness feelings, yet I want to continue eating. It isn't cravings for specific things, which I get from time to time as my body tells me I am missing something, and it can even be right after a meal.
Anyone else have experience with this or even a way to help stop it? It is somewhat frustrating because I want to eat everything I brought in on sitting.


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A winning record? Forget it, Pat Summitt has 34 of them. In fact, she's never had a losing record at the University of Tennessee.
A Southeastern Conference title? Nah, the Lady Vols have won 14 in 28 seasons it has been contested. Don't bother with an SEC tournament title, either. They have a baker's dozen of those trophies in the case.
Eight of her fingers are adorned with national championship rings.
So how did the university honor Summitt when the Lady Vols defeated Georgia 73-43 for her 1,000th career victory?
With a night of a thousand stories. Well, actually, she received a poster announcing the special night where she will be roasted and honored by former players and coaches ... all benefitting her foundation.
And Summitt now has her own star. Or she will when the Knoxville RiverWalk is created this spring. Her star will be the first on the walk.
The SEC gave her a plaque. And she was immediately given what was difficult to get after wins 100 and 800 -- the game ball. Those kind of things are much easier to secure when the game is played on a court bearing your name.
Summitt was given an original piece of artwork, but where do you hang a portrait depicting nearly 35 years of your life? Perhaps on the wall covering the safe that houses a couple of new pieces of bling -- an original bracelet and necklace delivered in a nifty wooden box.
Before she was feted by school officials, Summitt was showered -- literally -- by her team. They hit her with a confetti Gatorade bath in mid-sentence of a nationally televised interview.
"It's a hard number to comprehend," Summitt said before the shower. "It's a time to reflect on a number of things; the school's commitment to women's basketball at a time when it wasn't popular, the players who wore the uniforms. This night should be special for all of them."
The seven-time national coach of the year didn't mind talking about a couple of the other numbers she's experienced: 100 percent graduation rate of players who completed their eligibility at Tennessee and the 58 players who have won at least one national title.
But there are plenty of others she isn't likely to mention, but everyone else will:
18 seasons with at least 30 wins,
.840 winning percentage,
47 percent of Tennessee's games have been played against ranked teams; the Lady Vols have won 73 percent of those games,
She has recruited at least one player from 30 different states, and
Her teams are 42-0 in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament.
Coaches around the country have been talking about Summitt and the job she's done.
John Wooden said she is "constantly trying to get better. She is not satisfied, so her team is not satisfied. She is not afraid to borrow from other coaches, to learn from other coaches."
Former coach and current TV analyst Carolyn Peck said Summitt hired her as a restricted earnings coach for her first gig. "There wasn't one thing that happened in a game that she didn't know about. It showed the value in preparation," Peck said.
Bob Knight, who is hanging at 902 wins, said Summitt credits her late father, Richard Head, with pointing her in the right direction.
"After a loss in her first year of coaching, she called her father and he asked if she learned anything from the loss. He told her, 'You don't take a donkey to the Kentucky Derby.' She knew then she had to go out and recruit," Knight said during Tennessee's loss on Oklahoma on Monday.
Summitt's journey to 1,000 wins has been such a big deal that Knight, an ESPN analyst, worked it with Nancy Lieberman. It was his first women's college game for the network.
Thursday's milestone win was part of ESPN's Fullcourt package. But those with various Fox Sports channels could watch it for free.
It was worth the view. Maybe not for the game, which was really over after the Lady Vols turned an eight-point halftime lead into a blowout early in the second half.
It was worth it for the history.
It was worth for the chance to see Summitt finally break into a smile with 1:58 remaining. After decades of being known for "The Stare," it was good to see the grin.


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Nexus 7 32GB Pictured On Computer Website, Arriving Soon?
If we had to list one complaint for the Nexus 7 tablet, it would be the lack of internal storage beyond a 16GB model. Currently, Google only sells two Nexus 7 models, an 8GB model that's only available directly from Google and a 16GB model that's generally found at your local brick and mortar retail electronics retailer.
The two size selection may be expanding as a new 32GB model has been spotted in the databases of Carphone Warehouse, Buy.com and CompSource. All of these listings lead to one truth, that Google is prepping a 32GB model for release. Lending even more credence to the idea is that all three sites have the same part numbers and two of them have matching UPC codes. There aren't any images provided, just stock "coming soon" logos but I think it's safe to say the only difference will be the internal storage.
With our love of music and video in the cloud, there are still plenty of times that good old fashioned local storage is what's called for and a 32GB option would probably end up as a popular model.


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Jonah 1:1 – The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai:
The whole story begins and ends with the word of the Lord. The Lord speaks to Jonah in v.1. And the last words of the book in Jonah 4 are the Lord speaking. And in between Jonah 1:1 and 4:11 we have the Lord clearly orchestrating everything according to His sovereign gracious purposes.
You notice in Jonah 1:1 that the name "LORD" is in all caps. When you see that in the OT you should know that the writer is indicating that this is the proper name of the One True God, Jehovah… the great God of Israel.
The events that unfold in the four chapters of Jonah are all orchestrated by the sovereign, gracious God. Everything is initiated by Him. The intentions and actions of the Lord is the main point of the story. The hero of the Book of Jonah is not Jonah or the big fish that swallows him. The hero is the gracious God.
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Are you overweight? If you have excess body stores your body knows that you already have enough energy. Same thing happened to me and until I lost most of my weight did my body start craving more food.
Seriously, I fixed myself the swiss chard frittata in the PB cookbook (already had everything lying around)and just ended up eating the whole thing. 6 eggs, and handfuls of chard and onion, and I added some tomato. Certainly a big meal, but not bad. That was yesterday at 3. I haven't been hungry since, and I'm now only 2 1/2 hours from the 24 hour mark. Most people plan that kinda thing out, don't they?
Anyway, when I am hungry, I'm going for the salad. I didn't get enough veggies yesterday. And maybe more swiss chard. I ended up with a ton of it.
But I'm just simply finding that when I actually count up my calories for the day, I'm way under where I probably should be. Somedays I never get past 1000, because I'm just not that hungry anymore. Any suggestions? I'm starting to feel like I'm not always getting enough to stay healthy.
Are you overweight? If you have excess body stores your body knows that you already have enough energy. Same thing happened to me and until I lost most of my weight did my body start craving more food.
My BMI considers me obese, close to the edge. I know, it isn't always right, but I don't think I've got much for muscle mass under there yet. 5'2" and I'm down to 173.
Maybe I was just too used to binging on carby food all the time that it just seems weird.
Never happened before Primal but now I get days like that, where I'm just not hungry. I figure when my body wants food it will tell me. I don't stress it because over a week's time i know I'm getting a good balance of whole, healthy food.
That sort of stuff was semi-common for me in the beginning of the switch and I only had some small fat stores around my waist. Don't worry about it so much in the beginning, things should get more regular once your body gets fully adjusted to not eating flavored Styrofoam.
"You can demonstrate the purpose and limits of human digestion with a simple experiment: eat a steak with some whole corn kernels, and see what comes out the other end. It wont be the steak."
I think that's great that you are listening to your body. I feel that it is very sad that we have essentially "forgotten" how to eat and to nourish ourselves properly. I think finding and listening to your true hunger signals rather than a number on the clock or what fitday says you should have can only help your body find a healthy, maintainable weight.
True healthcare reform starts in your kitchen, not in Washington. ~Anonymous
The worst carrot is better than the best candybar.--TornadoGirl
I was comfortable eating around 1200 calories or so a day last time I measured, and I know some days it is less than that because I am just not hungry. It is a huge change, this not being hungry, but it is a good thing. It has been a difficult adjustment in my head not to eat because I think I should be hungry at a certain time, but my body is a better judge of what I need than my mind!
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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot
Mmmmm. Real food is good.
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The rash of armed robberies, and violent crime in Newfoundland's larger city centres is growing so fast--it's become hard to remember one robbery from the next on a daily basis. Considering the size of our population, it can only be called an "epidemic" that probably won't show any signs of slowing down until the clock finally runs down for the one or more unfortunate bandits that didn't get away so easy.
Over the years our RNC have done a remarkable and commendable job, seeking out offenders and bringing them into our judicial system with little more than a scratch or bump on the head. This is an accomplishment that is not shared by larger police forces around the world, and, is rarely recognized by the public as an act of heroism, or bravery...but it most certainly is indeed.
As any well seasoned police vetran will tell you--it takes more skill to bring a suspect into custody unharmed than it does to simply pull the trigger on their .40 siggy side arm and end it all right on the spot.
There was a time when armed robbers had more than just police to worry about. Although in Canada, it has never been legal for a shop keeper to have, or use a firearm for protection--there are still dozens of cases across Canada where an armed bandit brought a knife to a gunfight, and lost while running for their life with the loot. The hunter (robber) had become the hunted.
In 1977, a shockwave rippled through my small Toronto community of Willowdale, when a neighbourhood kid, only 17 years old, known to be from a broken home , was gunned down in the streets (as he fled) by a gas station attendant he had robbed of only $75.00. The attendant was a new Canadian, unfamiliar with Canadian law, and felt he had the right to chase down the offender and blow his torso away with a 7.62 mm high powered rifle. The Toronto police , at that time chose not to press charges against the gas station attendant--this caused race riots, and controversy that lasted for many months. In todays world he would have beed charged with second degree murder, and in his home country the police probably would not even be involved. Times have changed a great deal in the last half century.
In Newfoundland, the ease at which a bandit can rob a store or pharmacy, and simply walk away, is a problem that is getting far too 'out of control', with no easy answers, or solutions for the hard working front line constables and investigators. We have seen first hand, time and time again, just how much effort the RNC put into an investigation. When they are at a dead end they do not hesitate to let us know, and release as much information as possible by way of video and media to help resolve every crime. Sometimes it works out well, and other times the thief gets away...for the time being at least.
When I first moved to Nefwoundland I was amazed at how polite and professional, members of the RNC appeared to be when I was stopped for a routine traffic violation. In Toronto the police could have approched my vehicle (at 4am) with guns drawn and ordered the occupants out of the vehicle. Alone, late at night, in some situations, this is common procedure.
In st John's the officer approached my window as if I was at a fast food take out diner--he advised me of my infraction, took my information, and the whole experience was a refreshing reminder to me of a Canada that once was, many decades ago.
A message that should be sent to every would be bandit or thief in Newfoundland is--"your time is running out". To date the RNC have shown tremendous restraint in the use of deadly force, even when dealing with armed criminals. I have personal knowledge of RNC constables who have placed thier own safety in jeopardy to preserve the life of a suspect who could just as easily have been shot dead where they stood. These are the brave men and women who make up the moral fabric that is our Royal newfoundland Constabulary.
As I said to the fine young constable who stopped my vehicle at 4am. "you guys have a great city here in St John's, and I sincerely hope it never starts drifting towards the state of our bigger mainland cities--This way of life is worth protecting, so please do what you can to help keep it that way". Those were my exact words.
Unfortunately, the day will come sooner or later, when one of our gentle RNC will be forced to use their Sig Sauer in ways they never imagined they would ever need to. It's not fair to them (the police) or thier families who will also never be the same. All the training in the world can't prepare an officer who's been forced to take a life. The public my cheer (some at least) but, it is truly devastating for all concerned.
For now, we can all be as thankfull as I am, that the RNC is still the most responsible, and heroic police force in Canada. Statistics are not necessary--the good shows in everything they do--and in some cases...what they don't do, until it becomes absolutely necessary, at which point, unknown to the low I.Q. thieves—they are more than ready!.
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Sometimes you want something rich and fudgy and our Flourless Chocolate Torte is just what you've been looking for. One bite, and you'll be in dessert heaven!
Serves: 12
Chilling Time: 8 hr
Cooking Time: 30 min
What You'll Need:
2 (8-ounce) packages semisweet baking chocolate squares, chopped
1 cup butter
2 tablespoons coffee liqueur or 2 tablespoons strong coffee, chilled
8 large eggs, separated
1 1/2 cups sugar
Raspberry sauce and whipped cream for garnish
What To Do:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 10-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
2) In a large saucepan over low heat, combine chocolate and butter; cook and stir until melted. Remove from heat and stir in liqueur; cool slightly.
3) In a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed, beat egg whites just until stiff peaks form. In another large bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar at medium speed until thick and pale. Fold one-third of chocolate mixture into yolk mixture. Gently fold in one-third of egg whites. Fold in remaining chocolate mixture and egg whites. Pour batter into prepared pan.
4) Bake 30 minutes, or until edges are set (center will not be set). Remove from oven and gently run a knife around edge of pan to release torte. Cool to room temperature in pan on a wire rack.
5) Cover and chill 8 hours. Remove sides of pan and place on platter. Serve with raspberry sauce and whipped cream.
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David Halberstam, the journalist, known, among other things, as being one of the first reporters to criticize the U.S. government and write that it was losing the war in Vietnam, died in an automobile accident early this summer.
Halberstam was the author of 20 books on subjects that ranged from the rise and influence of American media institutions to the world of professional sports. Many of his books are considered epics, and arguably the greatest of them is "The Reckoning," a study of how the Japanese eclipsed the American automobile manufacturers.
"The Reckoning" is a rich, superbly researched cultural and historical overview of the rise of post-war Japan. The current issue of the Ivey Business Journal (email@example.com) is dedicated to Halberstam's memory.
There is a particularly good article in the journal about the value of telling stories which inspires me to share one that reflects my interest in collaboration as a process for getting optimal results, those that satisfy interests, and, those that last over time. And, it brings Halberstam together with the auto industry to underpin this cautionary tale. Indeed, the story mirrors Halberstam's stunning analysis in The Reckoning.
It is a particularly apt story to tell on Labor Day because, as I peruse the bad "car news" regularly in the business pages, it would seem that we're dealing with a management problem and indeed we are but the consequential impact on labor is significant, to say the least, suggesting a need for a fundamental change in approach. The point is made simply by taking a glance at the profit margin disparities between American and foreign-manufactured automobiles : G.M., Chrysler and Ford lose money on most cars while Toyota, for example, earns about $1,200 a car?
Some wags suggest that "creating a brand" is what's needed; for others, it's erasing the image of Detroit's production of low quality automobiles that has plagued the industry since the 1970s.
As with most developments as absorbing as this reversal of fortunes, there are likely to be several explanations that bear on truth. The one that intrigues me, though, is that which deals with conceptualizing and implementation--the process for getting from idea, to manufacture, to market, to sales.
So, on to the story of the Taurus, a cautionary tale to be sure. Frequently referred to as a savior of the automotive industry, the Taurus became an historical footnote. "The Taurus was a brand that created a legend, a huge win, not just for the Ford Motor Company but for the home team," as Karl Brauer, editor in chief of Edmunds.com (www.Edmunds.com) put it, due, in part to revolutionary aerodynamics, style and personality, good fuel economy and so forth.
But, it's the process issue that most matters here. How did this automobile come to be?
The Taurus broke the mold of car development in Detroit, where, usually, designers passed off their ideas to engineers, who directed them to manufacturing experts who rarely talked to marketing staff. Instead, Taurus got everyone in the act, in fact, gathered in one room together were the designers, the engineers, the marketing folks, and they created a new paradigm for product development. This effort produced a car that scored so well that in its 20 years on the market, more than seven million were sold and millions more of its sister model, the Mercury Sable, as well. Other companies rushed to copy the radical, new, development process including, for example, the head of Boeing Aircraft, who used it as an inspirational case study for his team as they overhauled the way that Boeing built planes (including the 777 long-range jet).
The former head of Boeing took the helm at Ford, trying to re-invent the very process that was successful there in producing the Taurus and then abandoned.
The lesson? Maintain focus and consistency and COLLABORATE! Create a culture to keep those values front and center. And, focus, collaboratively, on brand and quality.
That is not to say that doing so is easy. The root word for negotiation--at the heart of collaboration--is "not leisure." Collaboration is a deceptively simple term; it takes work. It takes time and it requires skill; there needs to be a commitment to make it work and a culture to support and sustain it.
Given where the American automotive industry is these days--with Toyota widening its lead over General Motors as the world's largest automaker and Detroit's share of the automotive market dropping to less than 50 percent--more thinking about collaboration is in order. And so is a thorough reading of The Reckoning--by the management in Detroit and also by the leaders and rank and file of the United Auto Workers.


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Grace loses mind; wins games
Fantasy Camp gives people an up-close look at some of their favorite D-backs' players. Wednesday, during Day 3 of camp, even those of us who have spent significant time around him over the past nine years saw a side of Mark Grace we've never seen before.
Grace's teams have not had a lot of success in previous years, going winless at during at least one camp, but that has never seemed to bother him.
This year I am on his squad and we won our first two games Tuesday. Anyway, Grace apparently enjoyed those wins so much that his style has gone from laid back to well a little intense.
We took on Greg Colbrunn and Damian Miller's team Wednesday morning and as well as we played the first two games we were awful through the first four innings of this one. I mean we — and by we I definitely include me — were throwing the ball all over the field on defense, popping the ball up at the plate.
In short, it wasn't pretty and we were trailing 9-0. At that point, Grace stopped talking to us. Of course, Mike Fetters, who was coaching with him, was not done. Fetters stood in front of the dugout and gave whoever at that moment was misplaying a ball, that same stare that made him a fan favorite on the mound at Chase Field.
"If you're not going to listen to a word I say I'm done talking," Grace said as we trooped into the dugout for the bottom of the fourth inning staring at a nine-run deficit.
Mind you at this point after hearing him yelling at us from the dugout, tossing his hat around the silence was kind of welcome. There was some chatter amongst the guys in the dugout that while we knew we weren't playing well, Grace had clearly lost his mind and was turning into Buck Showalter before our eyes.
My personal favorite was after I was unable to get to a groundball hearing Grace yell, "Gilbert doggone it (or maybe it was a wee bit more colorful than that) you've got the range of a traffic cone."
Long story short we rallied for a 10-9 victory and at some point during that rally Grace went back to talking to us and after the game said he was never more proud of a win at Fantasy Camp.
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A coach that actually cares about winning… hmm sounds crazy. Yeah, I get that this was fantasy camp but aren't those participating expecting an MLB experience? Good job Gracie. If it hits like a Duck it's probably a Duck.
I think Gracie deserves a shot at coaching on the big club in some fashion (hitting coach maybe – more base hits and doubles than anyone in the 90's). Keep the antics to a minimum and light a fire under these players, because nobody has been able to do that in Arizona since Bob Brenly.


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In many pro and con bond letters, Ive failed to see enough letters written about the number of great kids and good families that live in Oak Harbor, who presently support all the schools here, both financially and in volunteer hours to enhance their kids education.
As a community, we dont want to forget that good schools bring in, and keep, good families. As a military family, I dont want to forget to support the school her for military families that will be here after me.
Being a taxpayer and property owners in Oak Harbor, I have been supporting the state and public services that do not directly affect me. But I can directly affect the quality of schools and education in Oak Harbor by voting yes on March 11.
The facts have been presented to show the need for renovating the high school. Dont fail to recognize how much Oak Harbor needs this bond to pass! Good families make decisions based on good schools. Oak Harbor needs good families in its community.
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Most of the 12 Shelby County mayors speaking Wednesday at the annual Greater Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Mayors Luncheon expressed relief that their cities and towns seem to have weathered the worst of the nation's economic downturn, and said they hope for brighter days ahead.
After a couple of years of belt-tightening and paring, city leaders said they are ready to shift the focus from financial survival back to making sure they are giving their residents the best services possible.
"The state of the economy has stung everyone, but here in Alabaster we're looking at our glass as more than half full," Mayor David Frings said. "We've done some cost-cutting while still being able to provide quality services and now, we're starting to see an uptick in retail."
Montevallo Mayor Ben McCrory said he thinks city leaders learned a valuable lesson while dealing with the economic downturn.
"I think it showed us that you don't have to go out and fire a ton of people to reduce your expenses," he said.
In fact, McCrory said Montevallo will take many of its belt-tightening measures and extend them beyond the economic recovery.
"We'll keep being frugal and responsible with the money so that any extra money we have can be poured into things that will improve the quality of life for our residents," McCrory said.
Montevallo has been able to finish the last two fiscal years with a surplus, McCrory said.
Calera Mayor Jon Graham said he is proud his city is operating with a balanced budget.
"We operate with a balanced budget and now I have to take blood pressure medicine, but things are looking up for Calera," Graham said.
Hoover Mayor Tony Petelos said he believes strong leadership in Shelby County has helped it survive tough economic times better than some other counties.
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ANN ARBOR -- Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll won two matches Tuesday and moved on to today's quarterfinal action in the 22nd U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship at Barton Hills Country Club.
The two-time Michigan Amateur champion, golf coach at Michigan State University and Kentwood native was slated to play Noreen Mohler of Bethlehem, Pa., in a morning quarterfinal match.
The winner will advance on to the afternoon semifinals of the national championship for women ages 25 and older.
The championship match will be Friday morning.
Slobonik-Stoll beat Stacey Arnold of Westminster, Colo.,
2-up in the round of 32, then topped Lisa Smego of Olympia, Wash., 2-up in the round of 16.
She reached Tuesday's play with a first-round 3 and 1 win Monday against Tanna Lee Richard of Fort Smith, Ark.
Joan Garety of Rockford also qualified for match play, but lost a round of 64 match on Monday to Julie Carmichael of Indianapolis 5 and 3.
Two-time defending champion Meghan Bolger of Haddonfield, N.J., was knocked out of the tournament Tuesday morning by Lindsay Knowlton of Canada (1-up).


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Drops from 3 Stacks are getting scarcer by the moment, and for each new drop, whether you like it or not, we just have to cherish it for what it is. Today, we get to hear his second drop for the year, that finds the OutKast veteran joining forces with new wave indie rockers Capital Cities for a track titled "Farrah Fawcett Hair." An unforeseen pairing, however the two musical sides compliment each other quite nicely. Narrated by Frank Tavares of NPR radio, the song will find its way onto the group's upcoming In a Tidal Wave of Mystery album due out on June 4. We also want to send our condolences and prayers to Andre 3000 and his family for the recent loss of his mother.
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The hot topic around here this past week?
News that Forest Grove's controversial bikini barista stand will be shutting down Aug. 1 after losing its lease. Dream Girl Espresso divided the community when it opened a year ago, and its impending closure triggered a new round of impassioned arguments.
Those were fleshed out in a Forest Grove Leader editorial, a column by Opinion Editor George Rede and an op-ed response by Bob Elkind.
In Hillsboro, Jayne Carroll touched off one discussion with a guest opinion criticizing a proposed ballot measure that she contends would make it even more difficult for Republicans and minor party candidates to win general elections.
Guest columnist Michael O. Stevens launched another debate with a piece arguing that it's not too late build a westside bypass to improve traffic flow in Washington County.
Here's the weekly roundup of editorials, guest opinions and letters to the editor addressing topics in our local communities and Washington County.
'Open primary' a political misnomer that marginalizes Republicans, third parties (guest opinion) – Jayne Carroll, Hillsboro Argus
'They must be throwing snowballs in hell.' Open primary proposal elicits reader feedback (your comments) -- OregonLive.com
In this heat, give pets an extra break (editorial) – Hillsboro Tribune
Forest Grove:
As Dream Girl Espresso prepares to close, one adage trumps the others: Money talks. (editorial) – Forest Grove Leader
Grassroots protest against Dream Girl Espresso sought to hold 'adult' business accountable (guest opinion) – Bob Elkind, Forest Grove Leader
Dream Girl Espresso closure brings out bad manners, faulty assumptions (editorial column) – George Rede, Forest Grove Leader
Dream Girl Espresso: Editorials, other commentary on Forest Grove's bikini barista stand – Forest Grove Leader
Shutdown of Dream Girl Espresso in Forest Grove no 'win' for tolerance (guest opinion) -- Gilamarth Neithan, Forest Grove Leader
Grassroots protest against Dream Girl Espresso sought to hold 'adult' business accountable (guest opinion) – Bob Elkind, Forest Grove Leader
At last, signs of encouragement in redeveloping Forest Grove's town center (editorial) – Forest Grove Leader
Disinformation is at work in Pacific University athletics (guest opinion) – Mike Clock
Here's why I - and you - need journalism (editorial column) – Kate Stringer, News-Times
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To bypass or not to bypass, that is the question for Washington County (guest opinion) – Michael O. Stevens, Hillsboro Argus
Westside Bypass: Dead issue? Or a piece of the regional transportation puzzle? (your comments) – Hillsboro Argus
Washington County Perspectives: Four interviews with local newsmakers -- Forest Grove Leader & Hillsboro Argus


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Beardbrand fosters style for the urban beardsman. We noticed a trend with men growing their beards out, however companies that served beardsmen tended to gravitate toward the hippies, outdoorsmen, or bikers.
We noticed there was a more white collared beardsman that was not being served and with that we launched Beardbrand.
We started with three products and have grown our inventory from there. As a bootstrapped company, our growth has been slow, but very rewarding. We couldn't have built what we've built without the awesome Shopify platform.
"I had no store or way to make money. I needed a quick solution to put product online" —Eric Bandholz, Owner
What are the key factors that have helped your store be successful?
I had been blogging on Beardbrand.com for a while and was contacted by a reporter for NY Times. She was going to do a piece on taming of beards that highlighted products for beard care. At this point I had no store or way to make money. I needed a quick solution to put product online and get ready for traffic via the article.
Well, we were able to launch our ecommerce store one day before the article posted and it was that initial boost that help us get started. From there we continue to write and create videos about the bearded lifestyle. Our urban beardsman connect with the brand and the image and are loyal to us. It's been a riveting experience and we are happy to interact with our clients on a one to one basis.
"Well, we were able to launch our ecommerce store one day before an article in the NY Times was posted." —Eric Bandholz, Owner
What are your top recommendations for new store owners?
Find out what you really enjoy doing with your business. Stick to doing the work that makes you the happiest, and outsource the stuff you don't enjoy doing. Connect with your customers and show who is the person behind your store.
Any Closing Remarks?
I really look good on video. I'm a bit biased, but I think selecting Beardbrand would be a wise decision. :D


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QUESTION: Please tell me how to get rid of snails and/or slugs in my garden. They are eating my petunias. -- Chuck Barnes
ANSWER: We have two main options when controlling snails and slugs, trapping and baits. Apply baits containing iron phosphate in the early evening, especially after a rain or irrigation. Iron phosphate baits are low toxicity and safer to use around pets than baits used in the past. Keep it up and be persistent.
The easiest trap is to sink a plastic bowl into the ground up to its rim and fill it half full of beer. Do this at dusk. The yeasty smell of the beer is very attractive to snails and slugs. This is also an effective way to monitor population levels. When you are catching a lot, continue to put out the baits. When you catch few or none, you can relax.
Caterpillars also chew holes in the leaves and flowers of bedding plants. If you catch few or no slugs in your traps, the problem may be caterpillars. Apply any insecticide labeled to control caterpillars on ornamentals if that is the case.


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Please join me on Saturday, March 19 at 8a at Pizza Roma on 47th and SE Woodstock for a stunning chapter of Coach Jim's Real Estate Tours of Portland.
This Saturday I plan to run from Pizza Roma to 52nd street and down Steel until I get to 28th, then run behind the Eastmoreland Golf Club (and below Reed College), up Bybee and along 7th until we get to Spokane Street and the Sellwood Riverfront Park. Then we will run along the Springwater Trail until we climb up to 37th and run all the way back to Pizza Roma on 39th.
This is the first loop - 8.5 loop From Pizza Roma
Then we will run back out 52nd until we get to Lincoln and run up to Mt. Tabor and back on a out and back.
This is the second loop - 8 mile Mt Tabor run from Pizza Roma
I may want to do a couple more miles which I will do by running up Woodstock and back for my 18 or 20.
Please bring your own hydration and nutrition as there is none on the course.
I usually have a 10, 11, 12 and 13 min per mile pace group but it really depends on who shows up.
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It's still too early to talk bowl picks ... but after seeing Syracuse (yes, Syracuse) rally for two late touchdowns to knock off Notre Dame, 24-23, in South Bend, we think we know two things:
1. There's no way the Gator Bowl can take a 6-6 Irish team (we're going to assume a loss to USC).
2. Notre Dame would finish dead last in the Big East if it played there this year.
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CHICAGO (www.incnow.tv) - Ryan Eavns scored 16 points and Wisconsin caught a cold shooting Indiana team and beat them 68-56 Saturday in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament in Chicago.
The Hoosiers led early, but the Badgers overtook them, had a three point lead at the half, and built that up to nine in the second before IU rallied to tie the game at 43-43.
Wisconsin then ran off seven straight and never trailed again, pulling away late for the final margin.
Christian Watford had 14 points and Cody Zeller 13 with eleven rebounds, but the Hoosiers only shot 38 per cent from the field.
Wisconsin will meet Ohio State, a 61-58 winner over Michigan State in the other semifinal, in Sunday's championship game.
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Hayward, WI (Northland's NewsCenter) --- A fire has left substantial damage to a wing of the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Community College in Hayward, WI.
According to the Sawyer County Record, a fire broke out in the easternmost 700 wing of the college, damaging the inner ceiling. This wing houses college Extension programs and the maintenance department.
Water and smoke has also left damage in the wing of the college.
Authorities were called to the scene around 11:45am when fire alarms in the building went off. According to college officials, maintenance crews were working in the building when the fire started. The maintenance staff made sure everyone got out of the building safely.
Fire crews removed roof panels and chopped holes in the roof to get at the fire and put out the flames.
No one was injured in this incident.
Classes were not in session at the college due to summer break.
The Lac Courte Oreilles, Hawyard and Bass Lake fire departments all responded to the scene.
We have a crew on the way to Hayward and will bring you more information as details are released.
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Bhupesh Adhikary, a Ph.D. student at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, studies a computer model that can be used to track the emissions from forest fires. Credit: NASA
Atmospheric scientist Bhupesh Adhikary has participated in numerous NASA field missions. But the summer deployment of the NASA's ARCTAS mission afforded the modeler his first chance to fly on the mission's airborne science laboratory and watch his 3-D atmospheric models in action.
In June and July 2008, Adhikary was one of more than 100 scientists from around the world who gathered in Cold Lake, Alberta for the Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS) mission. For more than two weeks, researchers made near-daily flights aboard aircraft loaded with instruments to collect atmospheric data through and downwind of smoke plumes from Canadian forest fires. The results are expected to help researchers characterize the smoke plumes' chemistry, physical properties and impact on the atmosphere in the Arctic.
Modelers onsite helped researchers plan flight paths through and downwind of smoke plumes in a pattern that would maximize measurements in line with the mission's science goals. Adhikary, a Ph.D. student at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, used a computer model that could forecast the movement of various emissions including carbon monoxide, which can be used to track the emissions of fires.
The computer model was created in the 1970s by Adhikary's Ph.D. advisor, Gregory Carmichael of the University of Iowa. Since the model's inception, many people including Adhikary have contributed to its development by incorporating new atmospheric findings that continue to refine and improve the model's accuracy.
An advantage of modeling is that Adhikary can work from nearly anywhere, whether it's his hometown in Nepal or in the remote Cold Lake, Alberta, as long as he has a computer and an Internet connection.
Every morning during the mission, Adhikary looked at the new updated forecast and presented a summary slide. "All of the modelers did this and then we would come up with a consensus based on differences and similarities between them to determine the best location for the airplanes to fly," he said.
The results, in turn, will help modelers fine-tune their models. "The models are uncertain, so we like these campaigns so we can improve our models based on observations -- see how well our model predicted versus what was observed," Adhikary said.
An image from a computer model shows a carbon monoxide plume (red) on July 4, produced from Canada forest fires. The red line was a proposed flight path to sample the plume. Credit: Bhupesh Adhikary
Adhikary's venture into the field provided a first-hand look at how his models performed.
"When I was onboard looking at my model products and then seeing out the window, I could look at where my model placed the plumes and compare that to where they actually were. It gave me a better feel of what my model was doing, which was interesting -- the eight-hour flight didn't seem that long to me at all," Adhikary said.
What Adhikary saw in the field countered his expectations going into the mission. "I was expecting emissions from Canadian fires to just dominate everything," he said. But in addition to emissions measured from Canadian forest fires -- most started by lightning -- measurements turned up natural and human-caused pollution from California and Asia, mixed throughout the atmosphere from very low altitude up to about 6 miles.
Still, Adhikary knows that pollution, like weather, is oblivious to geographical borders. "When I model I'm looking at Asia, North America and Europe, so it gives an international flare to the work, which is very important to me," he said.
"In Nepal, we don't have the infrastructure that is needed to do modeling, but now computers are getting cheaper and when I graduate I hope to go back and start there what I'm doing here," he said. "We don't have a chemical engineering or an atmospheric science department, so that's the charm of going back -- I would like to go and try it out, see if I can build collaborations to stay involved with this type of field mission from afar and at the same time help Nepal."
Kathryn Hansen
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center


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Musical entertainment will be on stages throughout the weekend. Kidsfest, hosted by the Popcorn Hat Players, will include children's theater and crafts. A film festival, produced by Movieate and Filmspeak.com, will take place at Whitaker Center's Underground.
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A woman was facing charges after police said she stole $62 worth of merchandise from a Manheim Township beauty store, then got in her vehicle and fled the scene when officers arrived.
Thomasina I. LaRue, 29, of Almanac Avenue in Lancaster, was charged with retail theft, fleeing or attempting to elude police, reckless driving and driving during suspension, according to a township police news brief. LaRue was arraigned and ordered held in Lancaster County Prison on $10,000 bail, according to court documents filed in Magisterial District Judge David Miller's office.
The brief did not specify if LaRue had a child with her at the time of the incident toward 3 p.m. Sunday, but she was also charged with corruption of minors, and endangering the welfare of a child, according to the release.
Police were called Sally's Beauty Store at 1304 Lititz Pike where employee's said LaRue tried to leave the store without paying for merchandise, the release states.
LaRue was getting into her vehicle when the officer arrived and ignored commands that she stop, instead speeding out of the parking lot at a high rate of speed. The officer did not pursue LaRue, the release states.
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Google Is Quite Good at Cracking Its Own Captcha Security Puzzles
Google is hard at work developing code that can help it translate the twisty numbers hanging on people's houses and mailboxes so that it can accurately show locations in Google Maps.
The endeavor has led to another discovery: that algorithm can also crack Google's own Captcha security puzzles, those reviled boxes of mashed up text that you interpret and enter into a field to prove you are a human and not a robot submitting information online. The accuracy rate was near perfect. (A feat, Verge points out, that humans are still struggling with.)
In a blog post published, Google said it presented its findings in a paper at a conference on learning:
These findings have surprising implications for spam and abuse protection on the Internet as well. For more than a decade, CAPTCHAs have used visual puzzles in the form of distorted text to help webmasters prevent automated software from engaging in abusive activities on their sites. Turns out that this new algorithm can also be used to read CAPTCHA puzzles—we found that it can decipher the hardest distorted text puzzles from reCAPTCHA with over 99% accuracy. This shows that the act of typing in the answer to a distorted image should not be the only factor when it comes to determining a human versus a machine.
Computer security cannot live on distorted text alone.
Don't worry though, Google said, the company is well aware of that – hope so, considering it cracked its own code – and said it relies less frequently on just text distortion. The Captcha system now measures how a person is engaging with the puzzle, according to a blog Google published in October. And, in turn, the puzzles are actually a little easier on humans who struggle with those eye-bending images.


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After reading several of the articles and alot of threads on the forum, I decided to register and introduce myself - thus officially committing myself fully to the lifestyle of the Primal Blueprint!
A little bit about myself and my background:
I'm 21, female and I live in Denmark with my forever supportive boyfriend. That's pretty much it. Nothings been going on in my life for several years due to constant anxiety, depression, guilt, stress and plenty of other negative feelings, ruling and controlling my life for as long as I can remember. It seems to be common in my family.
Somewhere along the path of destruction I noticed that I would always make these grand goals for myself to accomplish within a certain period of time - striving for structure, precision and perfection. These goals often included losing a certain amount of weight. I weigh about 70 kgs (154 lbs) and well, most of it is fat. I would force myself to be eating less calories than I'd been told I needed per day, and thus began the routing of: 1 week of salad and chicken and NO fat, then two weeks of chips, chocolate and cake. And I would feel forever dizzy, foggyminded and the lack of motivation to do anything was obvious.
Well, I've started to eat primal with a few exceptions (which will be eliminated when january begins). It's been 3 weeks and although there may be several contributors, guess what: I can actually think straight again. I can read books and watch movies without losing my concentration. I can think creatively and constructively again. I have much more energy! And I'm getting more courage to speak to people and be impulsive - I signed up for a crossfit intro! I might have done that in a temporary summerhigh, but in the middle of december? I usually stay in my bed all day at this time of year (not much sun up here!).
Anyways this is getting long - I just wanna let people know how great an effect this whole process is already having on me
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I didn't think Motorola's antitrust appeal at the 7th U.S. Court of Appeals could get any stranger. This, after all, is the billion-dollar case that prompted a bizarre showdown over international antitrust policy between the U.S. solicitor general and a three-judge appellate panel led by Richard Posner.
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How to define a market rate for fees in class action megacases
In a notable 2001 opinion called In the Matter of Synthroid Marketing Litigation, Judge Frank Easterbrook of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals set out guidelines for trial judges awarding fees to plaintiffs lawyers in class action megacases, defined as those in which the class recovery exceeds $75 million. Easterbrook said there should be no automatic cap on fees, even in these very big cases. Instead, he pointed to the 7th Circuit's oft-stated preference for fee awards that reflect both the risk borne by class counsel and "the normal rate of compensation in the market at the time." The 7th Circuit has made it clear that the best way to assure a market rate is for class action lawyers and their clients to reach a fee agreement before the litigation begins, but the 2001 Synthroid opinion didn't specify exactly how trial judges should approximate an arm's-length negotiation if there's no preset deal on fees. In a 2003 follow-up opinion, Easterbrook and his fellow panel members actually set class counsel fees themselves, finding that "a decent estimate of the fee that would have been established in ex ante arms'-length negotiations" was a sliding percentage of recovery that declined as the size of the settlement increased.
Microsoft win in rate-setting case vs Motorola is call to litigation
For the first time ever, a federal district judge has decided what constitutes a reasonable license rate for a portfolio of standard-essential patents. U.S. District Judge James Robart ruled late Thursday that Motorola is entitled to royalties of a half cent per unit for Microsoft's use of standard-essential video compression patents and 3.5 cents per unit for Motorola's wireless communication patents. According to Microsoft, those terms would require it to pay Motorola a grand total of about $1.8 million a year in royalties – a far cry indeed from the billions Motorola requested in a royalty demand to Microsoft in 2010. It's still to be determined at a trial this summer whether Motorola breached its obligation to license its essential technology to Microsoft on reasonable terms. But make no mistake: Robart's ruling on reasonable royalties is a dreadful outcome for Motorola and its parent, Google.
Apple and Motorola talk arbitration. End in sight to patent war?
In the two weeks since U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb of Madison, Wisconsin, unceremoniously tossed Apple's breach-of-contract against Motorola just as a trial to determine a fair licensing rate for Motorola's standard-essential wireless tech patents was to begin, Apple's lawyers at Covington & Burling andTensegrity Law Group have been struggling to persuade the judge to change her mind and dismiss the case without prejudice. I already told you about the bench memo Apple submitted on Nov. 5, after Crabb said at a hearing that if Apple wouldn't agree to abide by the licensing rate she set, she would dismiss its declaratory judgment and specific performance claims. Apple argued, in essence, that since Crabb was dismissing on jurisdictional grounds, she hadn't reached the merits of Apple's case, so she couldn't preclude Apple from refiling its claims. Apple repeated those arguments in a brief filed last week, responding to a Nov. 14 brief by Motorola's lawyers at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan that urged Crabb to stick by her decision to toss the case with prejudice. "No litigant," Motorola wrote, "should be permitted to try to engineer a judgment to its liking on the eve of the trial, then seek to walk away so that it can reengineer and refile its claims elsewhere, at some later date."
How Apple botched its fair rate case against Motorola
I know Apple is a brilliantly managed company represented by brilliant outside counsel. But I cannot for the life of me figure out Apple's endgame strategy in its breach-of-contract case against Motorola in federal court in Madison, Wisconsin.
Motorola loses bid to reshape crucial trial on essential patents
The next great turning point in the war for global device domination comes next month, when Motorola faces two trials — one against Apple, the other against Microsoft — that will determine its ability to use its portfolio of standard-essential patents as leverage in IP disputes with its competitors. I've been harping on this theme for a while, but trials have a way of sharpening the issues. Both of these cases will be tried to judges, not juries, so we won't get immediate results. But when U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb in Madison, Wisconsin, and U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle issue rulings, Motorola and its rivals should have a very clear understanding of how valuable Motorola's patents on essential wireless technology are.
Posner ruling makes smartphone patent war economically irrational
There is no federal judge more economically outspoken than Richard Posner of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, who in his scant spare time co-authors a provocative blog with the Nobel Prize-winning University of Chicago economist Gary Becker. With a high-pitched querulous voice and no tolerance for obfuscation, Posner can demolish lawyers he considers economics slackers. If you've got a dubious theory of damages, you'd better hope you don't end up arguing it before him.
No summary judgment for Microsoft or Motorola in Seattle case
If you stopped reading at page 21 of the 28-page summary judgment ruling that U.S. District Judge James Robart issued Wednesday in Microsoft's contract case against Motorola, you'd figure Microsoft had won the all-important dispute over Motorola's standard-essential patents. But this is an opinion you have to read all the way to the end.
'Astounding' Seattle TRO ruling could remake smartphone wars
With a single ruling this week, U.S. District Judge James Robart of Seattle federal court may have fundamentally altered the balance of power between Motorola Mobility and the leading opponents of Motorola's soon-to-be-parent Google, Microsoft and Apple.
What Motorola settlement says about shareholder M&A litigation
With very little fanfare, Motorola Mobility announced Monday that it has reached a memorandum of understanding to resolve shareholder litigation that might have stood in the way of a vote on Google's proposed $12.5 billion all-cash acquisition of the company. The memo is, alas, not public, so we don't know just what the settlement entails, or how much the plaintiffs' lawyers who challenged the deal will get in fees. Motorola Mobility did file an 8-K amending its proxy materials, giving shareholders marginally more information about (among other things) how the Google deal came together and what kind of equity awards Motorola officers will receive. These relatively insignificant disclosure amendments are a typical ending for the rash of M&A shareholder suits that have broken out in the last few years; it's a pretty good bet that, in this case, the additional disclosures aren't going to sway very many Motorola Mobility shareholders when they vote on the Google deal on November 17.


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Tom Kolceski, of Geddes, took these pictures recently of a buck with a deformed antler.
He wrote: "I have taken many pictures of deer in and around my yard in the Town of Geddes, but took one recently that truly amazed me.
"Attached you will find a few shot of a buck that have one severely deformed antler. If you enlarge the image and look closely at the antlers you'll see what I mean. Do you have any idea what may have happened to him?"
"I also included a shot of a doe and her yearling."
Editor's note: Not sure, Tom. He might have broken it off, of it might just be an act of nature. Does anyone else have an opinion on this, or has seen something similar out there?


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Actor Idris Elba gushes over his nine-year-old daughter Isan in the latest issue of Essence magazine.
Actor Idris Elba gushes over his nine-year-old daughter Isan in the latest issue of Essence magazine.
Pregnant star Beyonce Knowles has debuted the video to her song 'Countdown'. Check it out now!
Police have arrested a man named Devery Broox, 25, after he posted a video online of 'him shaving off a young boy's hair, and later beating the child with a belt':
The family of the late singer Michael Jackson, including his children Prince Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. (far L) , Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson (2nd L) and Prince Michael Jackson II (L front), his brother's children Jaffar Jackson (3rd L back), Jermajesty (2nd L front) with his mother Katherine (front), and brothers Tito (3rd R), Jackie (2nd R), and Marlon (R) attended the premiere of Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour show by Cirque du Soleil in Montreal, on October 2, 2011.
She is a singer, entrepreneur, an advocate, a survivor, and more importantly, a mom. In a recent sit-down with CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Tionne "T-boz" Watkins shares how her daughter Chance,10, has motivated her to beat the odds.
Lebron James jr sits with his parents Savannah Brinson and LeBron James at a program for James' "Wheels for Education" campaign at the East Community Learning Center a few weeks ago. Today Lebron Jr. celebrates his 7th birthday!
Samaria Smith, the daughter of rapper LL Cool J and business woman Simone Smith, celebrated her 16th birthday last month with a party that was just perfect for the budding fashionista!
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Mom-to-be Nia Long was spotted at a gas station this week looking like she's ready to pop any minute!
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Hi ,
I would like to keep track of the verification status of my project (verilog/systemverilog) coverage and pass/fail status of tests during the life of the project. Ideally I want to create an SQLITE database to keep track of this since SQLITE is stored in a file which can be archived with the project after tapeout.
I am already writing my own solution which involves parsing the output vsof from a regression and then storing the information I need, however this seems to me to be something which may already be possible and there does seem to be an option in the emanager configuration to use SQL but there is no information in any of the docs which explains its use.
Does anyone have any ideas ?
Hello Andy!
I would generally advise against parsing the VSOF directly as its format does occasionally change slightly and I have seen users flows break in this circumstances. Usually at the point where the author of the parser script has moved on and nobody knows what it was meant to do... ;-)
You could use the API provided by vManager to load up the VSOF(s) and query the run status (pass/fail/incomplete) and get the associated failure information. I think you'll find this a lot easier than parsing the VSOF anyway, even if the VSOF format remains stable. If you wish, I can give you some help to get started with the vMananger batch API, or you can dive right in yourself, just bring up cdnshelp and search for vm_manager.read_session(), vm_vsof.get_runs(), vm_run.get_status(). These should get you close enough that you'll figure it out easily enough.
As regards the SQL support in vManager, this isn't meant for general consumption; it is a legacy thing which isn't under development.
In reply to StephenH:
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the quick reply. I obviously don't want to have to write a parser if I don't need to , is there a good way to export the information from the vmanager API ? What I don't want to have to do is keep vsofs from every regression or indeed to keep regression data from every run. If I can export the information I need then using the built in API is definitely the way I would like to go.
In reply to andymont:
I sent Andy some example code, which I'm copying here in case it's of help to any other forum members.
// Usage example:
// vmanager -batch -c "load dump_results_csv; analyze_runs -vsof my_session/my_session.vsof; dump_results_csv()"
extend global {
dump_results_csv ( result_file_name:string=NULL ) is {
if result_file_name == NULL { result_file_name = "results.csv"; };
// Get all loaded sessions (there can be more than one)
var all_sessions := vm_manager.get_all_sessions();
// Get an analysis "context"
var ctx : vm_context = vm_manager.create_context(all_sessions.as_a(list of vm_attribute_container), "Default");
// Get all the runs from that context
var all_runs := ctx.get_runs();
// Create the output file and header
var result_file := files.open(result_file_name,"w","Text file");
files.write(result_file,"Test, Seed, Status, First Failure");
// Get a handle to the sv_seed attribute type
var attr_seed := vm_manager.get_attribute_by_name("sv_seed");
// Get a handle to the test_name attribute type
var attr_title := vm_manager.get_attribute_by_name("test_name");
// Iterate through all the runs
for each (run) in all_runs {
var line :string;
line = append(run.get_attribute_value_or_default(attr_title), ", ");
line = append(line, run.get_attribute_value_or_default(attr_seed), ", ");
line = append(line, run.get_status(), ", ");
if (run.get_status_enum() == failed) {
// var all_failures := run.get_failures(); // Alternative if you want all failures
var first_failure := run.get_first_failure();
line = append(line, first_failure.get_value("description"));
} else {
line = append(line, "n/a");


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