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HANCOCK – Members of the Hancock City Council learned Wednesday the city's 2012 audit was generally positive, with a few exceptions.
During the council's regular meeting, Bruce Rukkila, of the accounting firm of Rukkila Negro and Associates in Houghton, said he reported a clean audit with no problems for the city.
The general fund is about $100,000, Rukkila said.
"That's an improvement overall of $40,000," he said.
Rukkila said the audit included about $6.2 million in federal money, mostly for sewer and water upgrades.
"It's about the same as last year," he said.
The city's financial situation is stable overall, Rukkila said, although some of the city's budgets were in deficit.
"You are adjusting those as you go along," he said.
Rukkila said the city's staff worked well with his staff as the audit was being done, and there were no concerns about compliance.
Council members unanimously approved accepting the 2012 audit.
Two of the budgets in deficit were the local street budget with a deficit of $23,298, and the parking meter budget with a deficit of $11,395. Council members unanimously approved a three-year deficit-reduction plan for those budgets.
City Manager Glenn Anderson said the local street budget had no deficit last year, and the parking meter budget will be phased out because the council voted last year to eliminate parking meters downtown.
At the December regular council meeting, members reviewed a petition of residents living near M-203 at the Hancock Beach and Campground asking for a reduction in speed limit there because they were concerned about the safety of people crossing the highway to go to the beach. At that meeting, Anderson told council members if the Michigan Department of Transportation did a study of speed limits on M-203 through the city, the speed limit could actually be increased depending on the results of the study.
A public hearing on the issue was on the agenda for the Wednesday meeting, but no one attended. Anderson said he sent an email to the signers of the petition and talked to the woman who initiated it, and he said she understood the situation.
Council Member John Haeussler said past city councils have dealt with the issue of the speed limit on M-203.
In 1969, Haeussler said MDOT did a study of the speed on the highway from Gino's restaurant to the city beach, and in 1970, increased the speed to 60 mph, then later increased it to 65 mph.
"At that time, the city requested a 35 mph speed limit, and the state gave them a 65 mph speed limit," he said.
Currently, the speed limit on M-203 at the beach and campground is 35 mph.
In other business, council members:
accepted a revised pamphlet about the city's curbside recycling plan. It defines what is and is not allowed to be recycled.
approved the January 2013 Economic Vitality Incentive Program Compensation Plan concerning employee compensations.
reviewed and accepted committee appointments.
approved a resolution to accept applying for $41,440 in federal funds for a new bus for the city transit.


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Today's students are uneducated and unfit for a college education, writes a Penn State accounting professor who's taught for 35 years. There's no different in native intelligence, writes J. Edward Ketz. The difference lies in their "educational backgrounds, analytical thinking, quantitative skills, reading abilities, willingness to work, and their attitudes concerning the educational process."
To begin, today's average accounting major cannot perform what used to be Algebra I and II in high school. Students cannot solve simultaneous equations. Students have difficulty with present value computations, not to mention formula derivations. Students even have difficulty employing the high-low method to derive a cost function, something that merely requires one to estimate a straight line from two points.
. . . Today's students cannot read at what used to be a tenth-grade level. I learned this dramatically when I wrote a couple of textbooks in the 1990s. Editors at both publishing houses insisted that I rewrite my materials so today's student could read it. I was forbidden to employ large or "fancy" words and had to simplify the grammar. For example, both editors told me never to compose a sentence with a subordinate clause because it was too complex for students to understand.
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In short: Thank you Sexy Stoke!In full: I have a bit of a soft spot for Stoke-on-Trent and had to come back for this one. It wasn't the easiest course to target for a PB - which made getting one even more awesome. Finished in 1:44 and still can't quite believe it, especially after that killer incline just before the last mile. Vicious course, but fantastic race - thank you Sexy Stokies!Date of review: June 17, 2010
In short: 4th time and still my No.1In full: Anyone who dismisses London as unfriendly should come down on Marathon day. From the kids high-fiving you in the early miles to the angels bearing carbohydrates in the final agonising stages, the sense of community from start to finish is incredible. Yet again I came away proud to not just be a marathoner, but a Londoner.Date of review: April 26, 2010
In short: 3rd time round and still my all-time favourite!In full: The only race where I can finish 22 minutes outside my PB and still love every second - even the ones that hurt. No other has EVER come close. If you're in it for the glory, this is the marathon for you.Date of review: May 1, 2009
In short: Fog on the Tyne? If only...In full: The warm weather made this already challenging course a bit tougher - combined with the crowds, this isn't the sort of race you do for a PB. That said, it IS the sort of race that has to be done at least once. Running along the Tyne Bridge with the Red Arrows swooping overhead was worth the entry fee alone. Excellent city, brilliant people, great race. Overrated? Perhaps a little, but nonetheless my favourite half-marathon. See you next year!Date of review: October 4, 2007
In short: The marathon with everything - including a bananaIn full: This was, in many ways, the ideal marathon. Fast, flat course (although the downhill sections were quite tough on the quads, as I later found out), starting in the town centre and finishing at Musselbrough race course. The long stretches along the coast were fantastic. Excellent marshalls and enthusiastic crowds - though these were sporadic, there was a nice balance of having lots of cheering and support as well as more 'quiet' times to enjoy the running. I ran a personal worst by 40 minutes due to ITB problems, but still crossed the line screaming like a banshee with a massive grin on my face. That should say it all. Date of review: June 7, 2007
In short: Good training run for pre-marathonersIn full: It's difficult to rate this event as it was a training run rather than a race - and as training runs go it was a nice change from the usual and was very much appreciated given that it was a free event. I would certainly recommend it if you know you run at a specific minute/mile pace (e.g. 8 or 9) - however, if you are between paces (I was running at about 9.5) you need to have a decent sense of direction to remember where you're going. I don't, and ended up getting hopelessly lost. It would be really useful to have some additional people to help out the stragglers, or maybe a few signs along the course. Date of review: March 28, 2007
In short: Great race and free banana!In full: I ran a personal worst as I've been distinctly off-form lately, but this os usually the kind of race I thrive on. A couple of difficult hills but these were balanced out by smooth downhill sections. Excellent marshalling and great spectator support - one to do next year for sure.Date of review: March 28, 2007
In short: Love the mug!In full: A really nice event and great start to 2007. Despite starting the new year on a personal worst I really enjoyed it thanks to the friendly atmosphere and excellent marshalls.Date of review: January 3, 2007
In short: Thank you Abingdon AmblersIn full: This was my second marathon and despite having an off day, I'm able to take away so many positives. I doubt I'd have even got round without the fantastic support from the marshalls, fellow runners and the people of Abingdon. I'm disappointed with my race, but far from disappointed with THE race.Date of review: October 23, 2006
In short: Great half marathon - may do the full next yearIn full: It's not often I get a half-mara on my doorstep so it had to be done. Not the easiest (or prettiest) of courses, but well-organised, well-marshalled and plenty of water stations. Getting a medal AND t-shirt is always good, as is a decent goody bag (this one had crisps and a caramel biscuit. Yummy). I'm seriously considering doing the full mara next year - although I felt a bit sorry for those coming in around the sub-4 mark to the sound of Jason Donovan. Date of review: September 5, 2006
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Lauren Flanigan & Catherine Malfitano Hold a "Family" ReunionPosted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement, tags: American Opera Projects, AOP, Catherine Malfitano, Chris Cooley, Daphne Malfitano, Lauren Flanigan, McCarter Theatre, New Jersey, new opera, ONJ, Opera New Jersey, Princeton, The Family Room, Thomas Pasatieri
July 23, 2011 at 2 PM; July 24, 2011 at 7 PM
The Berlind Theater, McCarter Theatre Center / 91 University Place / Princeton, NJ 08540
American Opera Projects (AOP) and Opera New Jersey reunite sopranos Lauren Flanigan and Catherine Malfitano in The Family Room, a new one-act opera written especially for them by composer Thomas Pasatieri (The Seagull ) with an original libretto by Daphne Malfitano. The dark drama tells the story of two nameless women living in a windowless studio who speak of dinner parties and relatives, of husbands and love and a child named Georgie, but their only company is ominous sounds from above. The staged reading of this opera-in-development is directed by Scott Schwartz (Séance on a Wet Afternoon) with piano accompaniment by Chris Cooley and will be followed by a talk-back session with the artists. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased through the McCarter Theatre box office at (609) 258-ARTS (2787) or online at www.mccarter.org.
The Family Room marks the first time Lauren Flanigan and Catherine Malfitano have starred together in an opera since the premiere of William Bolcom's The Wedding in 2004. It is also the first libretto from playwright Daphne Malfitano, and the first time working on a project with her mother Catherine. Composer Thomas Pasatieri has written numerous new operas for both singing actresses including Frau Margot and Monologues for Ms. Flanigan and Washington Square and The Seagull for Ms. Malfitano.
Opera lovers can make The Family Room part of a double bill with Opera NJ's mainstage productions in The McCarter Theatre – the Rossini favorite, The Barber of Seville on July 23 at 8 PM or Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul on July 24 at 2 PM.
FULL BIOS AND PROJECT INFO at http://www.operaprojects.org/familyroom.html
American Opera Projects (AOP), located in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, is an opera company devoted to the development of innovative opera and to supporting the work of living composers and librettists. Since our beginning in 1988, AOP has forged a home in the new opera scene, emphasizing the involvement of the audience in the creative process and the commissioning of works that speak to contemporary America. AOP furthers these goals through its extensive partnerships including Galapagos Art Space, Opera New Jersey, Florentine Opera, Manhattan School of Music, Glimmerglass Opera, Fort Greene Park Conservancy, OperaGenesis at London's Royal Opera House, and Berkeley West Edge Opera, among others. AOP has presented over 15 world premiere operas including Lee Hoiby's This is the Rill Speaking (2008), Stefan Weisman's Darkling (2006), and Paula Kimper's Patience & Sarah (1998). Recent productions of AOP-developed projects include Séance on a Wet Afternoon at New York City Opera (2011) and the world premiere of Before Night Falls at Fort Worth Opera (2010). Upcoming in 2011: AOP-developed "Peter Quince at the Clavier" at Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, World Premiere of Tarik O'Regan's Heart of Darkness at The Royal Opera House's Linbury Studio and Opera Grows in Brooklyn at Galapagos Art Space in September. www.operaprojects.org .
Opera New Jersey is the Garden State's largest and busiest opera company. Founded in 2002, the company is based in Princeton, but provides opera, outreach, and education programs throughout the state. Opera New Jersey presents a summer season of opera and concerts in Princeton's McCarter Theatre Center in July. The company also partners with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in February for performances of an opera in Princeton, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and other venues throughout the state. The company also runs the nationally recognized Victoria J. Mastrobuono Emerging Artist's program, providing training and performance opportunities for singers at the early stages of their professional careers. Opera New Jersey's innovative "Interact with Classics" programs bring operatic adaptations into schools in an interactive and participatory experience to introduce young people to opera. The Company's education programs also extend to adults through partnerships with local schools and communities. Opera New Jersey's programs are made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
HP: Sales of Itanium-Based Servers Are Down 37% Year-over-Year.
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HP's Business Critical Systems Business Suffers Massive Decline
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Intel Delays Unification of Itanium and Xeon Platforms.
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Intel Itanium "Kittson" to Be Made Using 32nm Process, Fit into Current Sockets
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Hewlett-Packard: Share of x86 Mission-Critical Servers Up, Sales of Itanium-Based Systems Down.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
HP Triples Performance of New Mission-Critical Servers with New Itanium Chips.
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Oracle to Continue Developing Software for HP's Platforms Based on Intel Itanium.
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Thursday, June 1, 2006
Rolls-Royce Engine Support
Heavy Metal Hardball
More manufacturers, like engine-maker Rolls-Royce, are getting engaged in continuous support and maintenance of their products after the original sale.
Britain doesn't have many leading edge technology businesses these days and many of the household names of yesteryear have gone. But one has bucked the trend completely, remaining at the top of its game and carrying a name synonymous with unrivalled quality and reliability, Rolls-Royce. The company is now leading the field, not only in big engines sales but also in support of those engines so that airlines can get on with their core business of flying people and cargo around the globe.
Rolls-Royce is the world's number one manufacturer of large turbofans. Some 500 airlines rely on Rolls-Royce power and the company has about 11,000 engines in service on aircraft from business jets to widebody airliners. Thrust ranges from 2,000 lb. to almost 100,000 lb. The company says that the Trent series has 50 percent of the widebody market.
But here's an interesting statistic: of the �3 billion sales in 2004 (about $5.4 billion), 59 percent came from services! And that figure will rise as Rolls-Royce takes on more and more responsibility for its engines in operation.
Rolls-Royce's repair and overhaul capability has expanded to 16 sites on four continents, and now has the capacity to overhaul over 40 engine types from a range of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Growth has been achieved through a combination of organic development, strategic acquisition and partnership with customers.
The organization has its headquarters in Derby, England - the original center for large civil engine overhaul. This site is now complemented by joint ventures in Hong Kong, Dallas and Singapore, which provide overhaul on large civil engines such as the Trent and RB211 in partnership with HAECO (a sister company of Cathay Pacific), American Airlines and SIA Engineering Company. In February 2003 a further enhancement was made to the Rolls-Royce network when the N3 Engine Overhaul Services was announced, which will provide further Trent overhaul capability in a 50:50 joint venture with Lufthansa Technik.
For its airline customers, Rolls-Royce offers the TotalCare service agreement (CorporateCare for business aviation) and of the 11,000 engines in service, 40 percent are covered by one of these. Over 60 percent of the Trent fleet is on TotalCare. So what does TotalCare mean?
According to the company, TotalCare provides a single source solution ensuring "peace of mind" for the overall lifetime support of the engine. It allows customers to:
As the OEM, Rolls-Royce has the product knowledge and worldwide fleet experience necessary to provide this service. In recognition of this growing requirement, a dedicated services organization has been established to work closely with customers to research, develop and introduce future value-added solutions.
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TotalCare is available to all airline fleets, irrespective of size. Its comprehensive service covers all aspects of engine support facilities, comprising:
TotalCare is about adding value and benefit to an airline's business by:
Recently, Aviation Maintenance visited Roll's new AR&O (Aero Repair and Overhaul) facility at its Derby, UK, headquarters and spoke with Petar Kontich, the company's director of service delivery. "We've embarked on a very different kind of world in what we call TotalCare. This new environment puts tremendous pressure on the highest levels of reliability, airworthiness and safety at the least total cost. Doing a better job of managing the cost structures of delivery is a key challenge for us right now. This is in the face of huge growth," he said.
"Sales of the Trent and some of the other families, the AE3007 and the V2500, have generated new products and volumes for AR&O to deal with. We're on a very steep slope in terms of building the capacity and capabilities to service it. This comes at a time when the airlines' focus is changing. They're stepping back from any aspects of their business that are not considered core. On our engines, they're giving those responsibilities to Rolls-Royce to manage on their behalf," he said.
Kontich stressed that Rolls now has to think and act as the airlines once did. "We have to learn how to become the customer. If you've been an OEM all your life and you know how to build something brand new, and now you're being tasked to do what the airlines have been doing for the last 30-40 years in driving the best value out of the product, it's a major cultural change. Delivering best value requires the relentless development of new repair technologies and practices," he said.
"Setting the right kind of performance indicators is an important piece of the change. It used to be about selling products. Now it's about maintaining that product at the least total cost, without compromising performance or safety," he added.
"We're taking on much more than technical ownership of the engine. In the traditional time and material (T&M) days we would have seen an engineering group inside of our customer. Today, that customer is realizing that this is not their core business. They want to find somebody else who can credibly do it for them, in a cost effective manner," he explained.
Another focus of TotalCare is keeping the engine on-wing as much as possible. Deciding to remove an engine for maintenance is an expensive and time-consuming operation and obviously requires the availability of another engine; all of this has major costs associated with it. "The changes involved in TotalCare are much broader than in the old T&M days. Here we're into on-wing care, supply chain management, and taking responsibility for leased engines that may have been customer purchased in the past," Kontich said.
"Our focus in repair technology is finding a way to employ NDE (non-destructive evaluation) of parts while the engine is still on the wing. Instead of just, say, boroscoping to find if we've got a problem, we're finding ways of affecting a repair with the engine on-wing. There's huge opportunity here when you think of the implications on spare engines, on time, on moving engines around," he said.
Of course, sometimes an engine has to be removed, but TotalCare can deal with this equally well. Where engines or engine parts cannot be replaced on-wing, TotalCare provides a high level of repair and engine overhaul service. All repairs are carried out at Rolls-Royce authorized overhaul facilities, the majority of which are part of the global Rolls-Royce network of repair and overhaul establishments.
The service includes material, labor and testing for:
Similarly, refurbishment of line replacement units can be included in the agreement, removed on or off-wing. Rolls-Royce is responsible for engaging, monitoring and managing the vendor network to deliver to agreed service levels.
Other areas that Rolls-Royce is concentrating on include coatings and adaptive machinery. Instead of moving parts from one machine to another for different processes, the company is looking for ways a single machine might do, say, 13 tasks. That'll have a significant bearing on cost.
Rolls is linked in very well to the university system and to industry and collaborates well in taking advantage of the expertise that other people have. "We're trying to accelerate things in that way," says Kontich. Again a major focus here is repair technology in the drive to reduce cost of operation.
Health Monitoring
A great deal of health monitoring technology has come out of the helicopter industry (see related story, AM February 2006, page 30). These aircraft are completely reliant on some mechanical systems where failure is catastrophic. So sensors and computer systems have been developed to collect data on such things as vibration, temperatures, pressures etc., allowing analysis and the detection of unhealthy trends.
Of course Roll-Royce has been powering helicopters for decades and has therefore been at the forefront of health monitoring technologies. These are now finding applications in the company's big fans. Kontich said, "Again it's about managing the engine on-wing as effectively as possible. Engine diagnostics, and predictive analysis that our technical people are doing, feed into the operations control room, the hub of global fleet support for large engines, to see how they are performing, combined with flight log monitoring."
The company is able to monitor 3,000 engines in real time, collating technical data streamed via satellite in flight. The growing sophistication of these predictive maintenance tools has resulted in increased capability for potential technical issues to be caught before they become disruptive and costly problems for the airline.
"There's still a lot of opportunity about how we use the intelligence that comes out of the process. We're just scratching the surface of its ultimate potential. We're working very hard to capitalize on the feedback mechanisms that we have in the shop. We have the opportunity to listen to engines each and every day. And our engines talk to us when they're in the shop. They're telling us what's good, what's bad and what needs attention," Kontich said.
Engines in the workshop don't generate any revenue for the customer. Rolls-Royce is continually reducing the time engines spend in maintenance and the predictive systems help here in that technicians know a lot of what's wrong with an engine before they get it. Different operators face different environments and have different modes of operation; things such as sector lengths, low-level atmospheric conditions and airport conditions can vary and these things can have an influence on how engines deteriorate.
"We've built more capability into our IT system for feeding information back to our technical people, telling them what they should be paying attention to. We're managing what we do to engines in terms of time. We're striving for very ambitious turnaround times (TRTs) on engines," Kontich said.
Of course, even with health monitoring, unexpected maintenance requirements do crop up and they have to be allowed for. But there is the issue of unnecessary work in which an over-emphasis on some parameters can lead to work being done which really isn't needed. "We need very disciplined processes for making sure that we're controlling the workscope creep (encountering unexpected work and doing unneeded work). We're constantly challenging tasks, their frequency and their work content. If you don't, you find that you're good at adding things but not good at taking things out," Kontich said.
Design for maintenance is a key issue and Rolls-Royce has a good system for taking the maintenance engineers viewpoint into the design process. The Trent 900 and 1000 are good examples of design for maintenance. Kontich said, "Our repair and overhaul people have been very involved from the design of the engines, for maintainability, reliability, ease of access, task frequency and work content. It's getting better with each engine that we design."
In-Service Support
Fleet operation is a 24/7 business, requiring round-the-clock top quality support to ensure aircraft are kept in the air. TotalCare achieves this primary aim by providing the technical knowledge, personal support, and emergency inventory to avoid engine related problems disrupting flying operations.
TotalCare provides a wide range of technical documentation, training and support. This enables customers to be kept well informed on the technical know-how, capabilities and performance of the engines they are operating. Updates to technical publications are issued for the duration of the agreement.
If customers require personal assistance, immediate help is close at hand. Apart from a dedicated customer TotalCare manager, Rolls-Royce has field and headquarters support staff in 70 global locations. From a world-wide network of over 170 local Service Representatives back up is available, when and where it is needed, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
But emergencies will always happen and engines will become unserviceable. TotalCare assures that the impact will be minimized by guaranteed availability of line maintenance inventory, from replacement spare engines, spare parts, tooling to overhaul consumables.
A big challenge for the next 10 years will be managing growth. Rolls-Royce's marketing and sales people have been very effective and those engines will come back for maintenance in a few years. The next 10 years will see a large increase in the big fans alone.
Kontich said, "We are fortunate that we have come to arrangements with some of the key carriers of the world, such as Singapore, American Airlines, Cathay and Lufthansa, in creating joint ventures which are serving us well in terms of them bringing the airline perspective on MRO. We've come a long way in a short period in building a sophisticated infrastructure and capability. Rolls-Royce has brought tremendous intellectual capital to the party. We have to partner in the right way with the customer to get the job done."
With the growth of its operations, Rolls-Royce AR&O is in the process of adding about 400 people network-wide. The company does its planning on a three year horizon, looking at the demand expected. The company makes the investment decisions in the second year to position itself for what's needed in the third.
"We've just spent �100 million (about $180 million) here in Derby and on the N3 facility we're building in Germany, and we have well-advanced plans to do some further developments in East Kilbride (Scotland) in terms of new facilities and processes," Kontich said.
"We have just put in some automated cells in Singapore with our partner SIA in the airfoil area and they are reaping huge benefits. A part of that is the feedback mechanism which tells engineering how to help us. Determining the state of the part before we put it through process is critical. We've taken a very different approach in these last few years to the kind of facility we put up. There was, in the past, a tendency to dedicate lines to certain product families, and what we've found is that we want to have very flexible capability and be able to move in today, for example, a Trent 500 and tomorrow a 700 and then an 800 and 900 and be able to swap types between plants," Kontich explained.
As with any company, there are still things to learn. "With our joint venture partners and our suppliers we're constantly learning new ways of getting increased efficiencies (see box on page 15). We had a large conference here recently where we brought in about 250 suppliers from around the world. We spent two whole days with them looking at how we could better work together to drive cost out of the process," Kontich said.
Sidebar 1:
The Drive for
Increased Efficiency:
Two Examples
1. Doing less teardown of assemblies before sending them to subcontractors for maintenance. For instance, rather than splitting blades from a disc for maintenance, sending the blade/disc assembly out complete, and having it come back from the contractors complete, thus reducing Roll's assembly workload.
2. In information technology (IT), Rolls is looking at getting the system to prioritize work, rather than leaving these decisions solely to the engineer.
Sidebar 2:
Customers and Potential Clients Laud TotalCare
Much of Rolls-Royce's recent success has been attributed to its service back-up as much as the quality of its engines.


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MURPHY, Estella Eileen Florence
MURPHY, Estella Eileen Florence, 86, formerly of Courtland Avenue, Wheeling, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013, at Belmont Manor, St. Clairsville, OH.
She was born in Wheeling, WV on July 24, 1926, daughter of the late Irvin and Mildred Kohlman Florence.
Mrs. Murphy was a past member of Wheeling Hospital Auxiliary; A.A.R.P.; and Women's Club of Wheeling. She was a retired clerk with C&P Telephone Company, Wheeling and was a member of the First Christian Church – Disciples of Christ, Wheeling.
She was a devoted mother, grandmother, and great- grandmother, and was known in the Valley for her baking and cooking.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Timothy Murphy in July 2002; a sister, Dolores Crago; and a niece, Debbie Zinn.
Surviving are a daughter, Linda Wright and her husband, Phil of St. Clairsville, OH; a sister, Floretta Frame of Wheeling; five grand children, Phil Wright, Jr. and his wife, Michelle of Medina, OH; Dr. Jeff Wright and his wife, Dr. Anne Wright of Wooster, OH; Gary Wright and his wife, Karen of Marriottsville, MD; Brad Wright of West lake, OH; and Trisha Bush and her husband, Eric of St. Clairsville, OH; nine great-grandchildren, Alan, Joshua, Sydney, Jordan, Austin and Michael Wright; Mikayla and Marcus Bush and Ashleigh Kanengeiser and several nieces and nephews.
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Topic: Devise, CanCan and roles.
My application is getting large and in need of a serious authorization overhaul. Its a hosted competition management application for multiple sports orgs to manage their team sports comps.
The structure is
sports orgs, super_users
sports, members, admin_users
games, teams
Additionally, there will be a players table linking members and teams through players.
Currently I rolled my own auth as described in agile web development, super users have access to everything while admin users only have access to everything in their sports org.
There is also a public section with game result reports using skip_before_filter :authorize.
Now I want to allow visitors to register as members, edit their own profile and nominate as a player for a team. The registrations will be approved by an admin user who will also have CRUD access to the users table and can associate them with teams as player or team contact.
A user may also query fees due as a player or as a team contact and pay them with active_merchant and paypal.
Effectively I need at least 5 roles.
1. super users: me
2. admin_users: limited only by sports_org_id
3. team_contacts: users nominated as team contacts (field in teams) who can enter game results and pay game fees.
4. users: registered users as described above with crud access over their own profile.
5. public: able to view public reports without any login. bots welcome.
Can Cancan handle a role structure like this? I assume I will refactor Members to Users for Devise.
The current auth structure restricts access by controller but cancan appears to do it by model. Does this mean that attempts to get a url which interacts with a model will redirect them to the login url if they don't have the correct model access permissions?
If I made a self method in User to get fees owing, can I call that from any controller if the user has access to the users model only? Could they then pay the fee owing?
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I feel very incompetent to put on paper what is raging in my mind, but to not do so seems far worse.
When I hear of 22 of our soldiers killing themselves daily as I heard on the Mike Huckabee Show on the radio, I have to ask what is it going to take to get bureaucracy to function capably. We were told that it wasn't funding that is causing this but the stacks of files on desks. We were told there are programs to help, such as counseling and dog companions. It seems very sad that a dog has more compassion to see instinctively that something is wrong.
What is it going to take? Will it be their own son or daughter taking their own life.
I sincerely hope not. The sad part of this whole thing I feel people causing this know what they are doing. My 96-year-old mother was denied treatment because Medicare would not cover.
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Stanaway is a sculptor investigating artifice and exploration. He has had solo shows at SolwayJones, Haus Gallery, and at Spacecraft Gallery. His work has been reviewed in Art Scene, ArtForum.com, Artweek, and LA Weekly. Stanaway's sculptures and drawings have been exhibited throughout the US, as well as in Germany and the Netherlands. Klutch received an M.F.A in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a B.F.A. from CSU Chico. He is a sculpture professor at Fullerton College.
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
RIP to our wee Lucy-Loo
34 comments:
- Sub-Radar-Mike said...
Heartbreaking indeed... losing a pet is always tragic, but when it's sudden and unexpected, it's so much worse :'|
- 18 April 2012 at 08:36
- Akelamalu said...
Oh dear, I'm sorry honey. x
- 18 April 2012 at 11:00
- Leah said...
Darling, I'm absolutely gutted for you. Hugs to all of you xxxxxxx
- 18 April 2012 at 11:34
- The Glebe Blog said...
Feeling with you for your loss.
Maybe this poem would be fitting.
" Have you a dog in Heaven, Lord?
Is there room for just one more?
Cause my little dog died today;
he'll be waiting at your door.
Please take him into Heaven, Lord.
And keep him there for me,
just feed him, pet him, love him, Lord,
that's all he'll ask of Thee"
- 18 April 2012 at 11:41
- Curmudgeon said...
I am very sorry. I've lost sooo many pets and know how upset you must be. I'll bet that really helps, sarcastically. Any way I'm sorry.
- 18 April 2012 at 11:57
- Wreckless Euroafrican said...
Sorry for you loss.
- 18 April 2012 at 12:10
- Mynx said...
So very sorry for the loss of your lovely little puppy
Hugs for you and your family
- 18 April 2012 at 12:35
- YeamieWaffles said...
I am so dreadfully sorry for your loss, Lass, even though I can't imagine how you guys are feeling right now. I know you guys and the kids must be so heartbroken because losing a pet can be like losing a family member, sorry to hear about it.
- 18 April 2012 at 12:37
- cat said...
Oh no! This is so sad! So sorry for your loss.
- 18 April 2012 at 12:41
- Francene Stanley said...
Brought tears to my eyes. Empathizing with you.
- 18 April 2012 at 14:09
- Ami said...
Oh that just SUCKS. I am SO sorry. We lost our Maggie in October (had to have her put down, she was 15 and having horrible, painful seizures). It still hurts, six months later. But we were more or less expecting it.
Having your sweet puppy be fine when you left and gone when you arrived home is so sad.
- 18 April 2012 at 14:17
- Claire Hennessy said...
Oh I am so sorry. How tragic. What a gorgeous puppy too. Tons of hugs to you and your family.
- 18 April 2012 at 16:29
- Mark said...
This is just horrible.
Your poor girls.
Take care.
- 18 April 2012 at 17:17
- Tracy | Screaming Sardine said...
OMG, I'm so very sorry to hear this, Gillian. Sending lots of love to you and your family during this heartbreaking time.
- 18 April 2012 at 18:41
- Julia said...
I am so sorry. Hugs to you all.
- 18 April 2012 at 19:30
- Melanie said...
That is terrible to hear...I am so sorry for your loss. I will be thinking of you all.
- 18 April 2012 at 20:34
- Joshua said...
I so very sorry, Lass. Hugs. Lots of hugs.
- 18 April 2012 at 20:47
- Dazee Dreamer said...
oh man. I'm so sorry for you and your family. ((hugs))
- 18 April 2012 at 22:04
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
Lass, I am so sorry!!!
- 19 April 2012 at 00:22
- Mel said...
That's incredibly sad :( So sorry for your loss.
- 19 April 2012 at 04:21
- KK said...
I'm so very sorry.
- 19 April 2012 at 04:51
- KK said...
I'm so very sorry.
- 19 April 2012 at 04:51
- Lisa Campbell said...
Aww. I'm so sorry. That really sucks. She was such a cute little thing. Losing pets is no fun.
- 19 April 2012 at 05:16
- J.Day said...
I'm so sorry to hear that!! That's truly devastating! Sending bloggy hugs.
- 19 April 2012 at 05:19
- Jeremy Bates said...
Aw, that sucks! I can't stand to see poor little innocent animals die. I hope you replace her after you have your time to grieve.
- 19 April 2012 at 08:39
- Nat said...
So very sorry :-( That is so sad...
Hugs for you all xxx
- 19 April 2012 at 10:09
- Retro-Zombie said...
very sorry to here this, my wife and i send out hugs and good thoughts.
- 19 April 2012 at 13:21
- rhi said...
I'm so sorry about your puppy.
- 19 April 2012 at 13:49
- Matt Harvath said...
sorry for your loss. I have lost a dog and a cat, both before their time. It is rough. Even rougher when you have kids :(
- 19 April 2012 at 17:22
- Not So Simply Single said...
OMG, I am SO SAD for you! Dang. What a nightmare!
Makes me want to cry, the sweet little pup!
- 19 April 2012 at 22:09
- Dazediva said...
I'm so sorry about your puppy *hugs*
Losing a family pet is so painful :(
- 20 April 2012 at 08:30
- A Daft Scots Lass said...
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR SINCERE COMMENTS. I really appreciate it. This has been a rough week for our wee family.
- 20 April 2012 at 09:32
Oh gosh, that made me cry. I feel for your family. I lost my 5yo cat last year who was found after falling off the balcony. It's so heartbreaking, accidents happen but it still hurts. Lots of hugs to you and your family x
- 22 April 2012 at 13:49
- Lovely Light said...
My heart goes out to your family. I can't even imagine what you're going through. (hugs)
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DRAMeXchange, the research department of Trendforce Corp., predicted that personal computers in slate form-factor will see maximum year-over-year growth in 2011. By contrast, the growth of other types of PCs will be not only much slower, but will actually be negative for netbooks.
According to DRAMeXchange, the total available market (TAM) for desktops next year will reach 127 million units (up 6.1% annually), the TAM of mobile computers (netbooks and notebooks) will be 222.7 million (up 15.4%) in 2011 and the total available market of netbooks will drop 2% to 32.6 million devices. Comparatively, the TAM of tablet form-factor systems will skyrocket by 237.5% year-over-year and will reach 51.3 million in 2011. In general, there will be 350.2 million personal computers sold next year, an increase of 11.8%.
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After launch in April, Apple iPad shipment has already reached 7.5 million units by 3Q 2010. Other vendors will also aggressively penetrate this rapidly growing market. 2011 tablet shipment is expected to be 51.3 million units since more hardware and software products will be ready. However, the true competition between Apple iPad and other offerings, which include both Blackberry Playbook as well as various Google Android-based devices will start only by the middle of next year.
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|Why not use a photograph?
Photographs are unsurpassed at recording information exactly as it appears. Therefore, it is rare that a paleo illustrator will be asked to draw a specimen unless modifications to what can be seen literally by a camera are needed. Fossils are often fragmentary, and artifacts from the aging process can obscure structure, distort, and flatten specimens. Matrix often covers parts of the fossil. Important diagnostic features, such as skull sutures, are frequently too subtle to be seen when photographed. Any interpretive or corrective work must be portrayed through illustration.
|Reconstruction of the earliest known pinneped, Enaliarctos mealsi: A) Original fossil material; B) Reconstruction of Enaliarctos mealsi (USNM 374272); C) Life restoration of B; D) comparison with the closest living relative, the Southern Sea Lion, Otaria flavescenes (redrawn from Blainville). Illustrations by Mary Parrish under the direction of Annalisa Berta and Clayton Ray. Published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The stipple technique (A, B) and graphite pencil technique (C) were used to render the illustration.
|Other problems encountered when photographing specimens include the poor depth of field (the inability of a camera to focus throughout the depth of a specimen) and parallax (size distortion caused by the camera lens). Lastly, in order to show the extinct plant or animal as it may have appeared in life, an artist must create a reconstruction. No camera will ever be able to photograph something that no longer exists.


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Qimonda AG, a leading producer of various memory products, said this week it had begun to deliver samples of its XDR memory chips to undisclosed customers. As a result, Qimonda became the third supplier in the world to manufacture XDR, which is mainly used in Sony's PlayStation 3 and some other devices.
"We are proud to deliver the first XDR samples less than one year after signing the technology license agreement with Rambus. XDR DRAM is a considerable value extension to the Qimonda high performance DRAM portfolio and opens new opportunities in various applications," said Robert Feurle, vice president of business unit graphics at Qimonda.
Qimonda does not disclose clock-speed of its XDR samples, but said they have 512Mb capacity; chips of the same size are used in Sony's PlayStation 3 game console. In fact, Rambus indirectly confirmed that Qimond's XDR memory chips are intended for the latest game system from Sony.
"The close collaboration between our engineering teams enables a stable XDR DRAM supply base as an increasing number of consumer and digital entertainment applications require higher performance memory solutions," said Sharon Holt, senior vice president of worldwide sales, Licensing and Marketing at Rambus.
It is interesting to note that back in March, 2007, Sony and Qimonda formed a joint-venture called Qreatic Design, which would develop high-performance, low power, embedded and customer specific dynamic random access memory (DRAM) for consumer and graphics applications. The companies did not elaborate whether it plans to tailor existing technologies, such as DDR, GDDR or XDR, for specific needs of the market, or the joint venture will develop brand-new memory solutions.
XDR DRAM can operate at 3.20GHz to 6.40GHz clock-speeds, providing industry leading bandwidth per pin, which is a benefit for networking and consumer applications. The XDR memory architecture features a number of advanced technologies built on patented Rambus innovations that include low-voltage, low-power differential Rambus signaling level (DRSL), octal data rate (ODR) technology that transfers eight bits of data each clock cycle, FlexPhase circuit technology for precise on-chip alignment of data with clock and dynamic-point-to-point (DPP) for both enhanced signal integrity and scalability.


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At $100K, the mini farm lives up the moniker of "Fantasy Gift"—the coop may seem more dream then reality for most—but this gift is more than just a practice in self-reliance; it's an act of sustainable living and a proactive conservation effort for breeds of chickens that have been phased out in industrial farming for more prolific egg-laying breeds. The heritage breeds selected by the Simons lay between two to four eggs a week—true super foods that are packed with nutritional benefits and come in an array of colors and shapes. Though they may look a little different from the white commodity eggs at the supermarket, just one of these eggs on a slice of toast will make a believer out of anyone.
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So we've been trying to finally find someone to interview about the human animal bond, a show topic that's been in the works for quite a while now. I was shocked to learn in my research just how much the relationship between humans and animals had changed over time. About 100 years ago, dogs in this country were primarily used for work on the farm, and rarely allowed inside the home. Today, 60-80% of dogs sleep with their owners at night in the bedroom, either in or on the bed.
Why have we gotten so much closer to these creatures? Is it our growing sense of displacement from nature that makes us want to form a bond with something non-human? Is it the same longing many people for natural places that a recent guest talked about in our show Pagans Ancient and Modern?
Of course, our desire to get close to animals is not new, as this amazing article from the New Yorker points out: the earliest artworks human beings are known to have created were cave paintings of animals. Maybe we bring animals into our home today for the same reason those first artists chose not to depict themselves but rather the living creatures around them. We want to get ahold of that wildness somehow. But I have to wonder what those cave painters would think if they could see us today, feeding the fish, changing the kitty litter, or doling out doggy anti-depressants.
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Axis Powers: Episode 4
Episode 4 | TV-14
Italy and Germany have a new BFF: Japan. After a "getting acquainted" soak in the hot springs, Japan shows the guys his value as an ally by - actually, he doesn't really do much. But he seems very polite.
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Skip to comments.Vindicated for Removing Saddam
Posted on 07/24/2010 6:03:57 AM PDT by LSUfan
President Bushs top political advisor, Karl Rove, said on July 15 that his biggest mistake was not fighting back against Democrats trying to score cheap political points by accusing the President of lying to get the country to support an invasion of Iraq. Rove is right, but another mistake was made: not trying to vindicate the removal of Saddam Hussein using evidence, including Iraqi government documents, that was obtained after the regimes overthrow. Compelling evidence exists to show that Saddams regime was sponsoring terrorists (e.g., Al-Qaeda), had the ability to quickly produce weapons of mass destruction, and the will to use both against its enemies.
(Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...
Was this published in "Duh" Magazine?
I remember being one of the Freepers who was pulling his hair out over the lack of response to the lies. I was labeled a "Bush Basher".
Agreed. Bush just didn't make the case for Iraq to the American people over the din from the Red Press.
Anyone with common sense would be able to understand why being rid of Saddam was necessary.
Anyone who believes this was a 'mistake' isn't paying enough attention. You don't get to the big leagues making minor league errors like these boys supposedly did.
No, politics is nothing but theatre and all of the players read from the same script.
Wake up people! How come the Pubbies always seem to get 'taken' by the Rats? Are they that stupid? Not at all. It's just theatre. Don't ever forget that...
the momentum for slapping down the media was not there at the time- not like it is now
Bush was a victim of CNNBCBSPBSMSNBCNPR
Up until they talked the economy into the tank things were fine for 7.5 years
People (just 2 years later) are more aware that the media is a bunch of leftist LIARS more than ever before
Bush would curl up in a ball when the Rats started the lying marathons,The only ones he talked down too were US! calling American citizens racists for not wanting the entire population of dregs from south of the border here with us.
You mean we had/have "compelling evidence" that Saddam sponsored terrorism and we didn't make it public?
What. Bush didn't know that no one was watching any of those stations?
That evidence has been around for at least 2 years:
The Truth About Saddam and Terrorism
One document details a meeting between Iraqi intelligence and Osama Bin Laden in 1995, where Bin Laden asked the Iraqis to broadcast the sermons of an extremist cleric. He also requested joint operations against foreign military forces in Saudi Arabia. Apparently, the Iraqis actively entertained this idea. The Iraqi Perspectives Project found [15] a government manual from 2001 talking about how to overthrow the Saudi Royal Family involving the use of martyrs. A Kurdish newspaper published [16] a 2002 document mentioning preparations for a meeting with Ayman al-Zawahiri in relation to a Saddam-approved revenge operation against the Saudis. One Al-Qaeda document [17] confirms that some members of the terrorist group had gone to Iraq and that Ayman al-Zawahiri had visited both Iraq and Iran.
It sounds like Saddam scared the hell out of Bush's buddies in the House of Saud, just like back in '91.
It's like I was living in a dream world during this era. I could have sworn I attended a town hall meeting in Columbus, Ohio February 1998. I must have dreamed I heard Madeline Albright, Sandy Berger and Richard Cohen lay out their case for action in Iraq.
It's like it never happened.
When you heard the word 'quagmire' uttered merely days after the invasion, you knew the direction this was headed.
God Bless our troops for doing the right thing. And to hell with the politicians that thwarted the efforts of a swift and clean operation.
This is what pisses me off about GOP. Their rope-a-dope stategy, throw up your hands to deflect punches, but don't counterpunch.
GO AFTER THEM . . .PUT THEM ON THE DEFENSIVE . . . they can't justify their own BS so hold them accountable and call them out.
Sometimes being a good streetfighter is worth it.
>> President Bushs top political advisor, Karl Rove, said on July 15 that his biggest mistake was not fighting back against Democrats...
You can just stop right there, Karl — because the statement is true not only of America's involvement in Iraq, but on so many other topics as well.
Not for nothing do they call the GOP the "Stupid Party".
Remember back to 2004, Rove's behind-the-scenes mantra was "No More War in '04."
He'll deny it now, but he was going to his close friend Grover Norquist's Wednesday meetings telling conservative policy wonks that they needed to get the war off the front pages to be able to push their domestic agenda.
This was by design. It wasn't a mere mistake. It was an irresponsible miscalculation in which he threw our war effort under the bus for pure politics. And if you look at their "compassionate conservative" domestic policies, it leaves you wondering, "What for?"
And people should remember that part of those politics was immigration "reform," which Rove is every bit as bad on as Obama, though he ducks the issue now. That too was a serious "mistake," that wasn't truly a "mistake," but a political miscalculation designed to payback Hispanic voters for helping Bush in Texas.
Yes, GWB's shameful attempt to shove amnesty down our throats is an ugly blot on an otherwise fine presidency.
The Bush Administration were the world's worst political communicators. They paved the way for Obama and huge Democrat majorities. Thank you, George and Karl. We really appreciated it.
If this wasn't obvious 6 years ago to anyone paying attention, you'd have to be a moron not to realize this in 2010. Can you imagine I'mANutJob and Saddam in an all-out sprint to acquire nukes? Given how hapless Obama has been in even being able to slow down Iran's dash to acquire a nuclear capability, the notion he could have successfully "contained" the allegedly "boxed-in" Saddam is ludicrous.
As bad as the situation already is in the Middle East, it would be an order of magnitude worse with Saddam still in power. Of course, you will never get Obama, Biden, Pelosi or other war critics to ever concede this point.
Face it, the country needs a dictator to keep it under control. A moderate won't cut it. Right now, there is a huge schism between the Sunni and the Shia. Al-Maliki won't give up his seat as the Prime Minister, even though Allawi narrowly won the elections last March. Al-Maliki is in the Iranian camp, yet he is seen by some in the region as being pro-US.
Allawi, who is secular and pro-US, is holding meetings with al-Sadr in Damascus <-think Syrian influence here.
The entire regime is corrupt, from the bottom to the top, and it's a wreck.
Saddam may have been a tyrant and a piece of crap, but he was a known quantity in the region.
I agree with every word you posted.
The Bush Administration didnt make a competent argument to defend its position because they werent competent enough to assess the intelligence,
Obviously this Loftus guy isn't competent enough to assess the lying colluding leftist media and the dimwits that hang on their every anti republican word.
The Truth About Saddam and Terrorism
I'm not talking about some blog off an internet site few people have heard of.. I'm talking about an official release of documentation by the Gov't of the United States. Karl Rove said the info was available. Why wasn't it released to proper channels.
Here is the Clinton campaign hammering HW Bush in 1992 for not removing Saddam Hussein for his terrorist ties.
Here is ABC in 1999 reporting on the Osama bin Laden terrorist ties of Saddam Hussein.
You didn't even bother to read the first paragraph of the linked article.
You best go back and read that Human Events article because it cites a report issued by the Pentagons Institute for Defense Analyses released through the Joint Forces Command.
It was called, "Saddam and Terrorism: Emerging Insights from Captured Iraqi Documents."
Total nonsensical hogwash. Sounds like State Department "stability" doctrine. Iraq is no longer a threat. This is unbelievably obvious. Iraq was a threat under Saddam.
I saw that, but it should have come from the highest level of the civilian (elected) side of the house (e.g. POTUS or SOS), not the military or intellegence side of the house.
Bush did make a case and a compelling one ....the media worked with the Dems to drown it out .They zeroed in on the lack of wmd found .
When I think of it Colin Powell never said a word in defense of Bush or the administration yet he was the point man making the case for there being wmd
Refute my analysis then. Who do you think is strong enough to stabilize the country once we're gone?
BTW- State Dept doctrine is to continue throwing money into a black hole.
Iraq is no longer a threat.
The lack of leadership makes it a threat to regional stability. Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Syria are currently jockeying for position in the country. The Iraqi Army is unable to defend the country and the Iraqi Police are corrupt to the core.
Iraq was a threat under Saddam.
To whom? The House of Saud? I don't recall Iraqi's attacking the US.
Yah, I'd be. I prefer a Saddam to an Islamic Republic ala Iran.
We should have made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
I'm pretty sure that with some persuasion we could have made him our bitch.
Who do you think is strong enough to stabilize the country once we're gone?
Iraq wasn't "stable" by that definition under Saddam. You're looking for a new dictator. Why, I have no idea.
BTW- State Dept doctrine is to continue throwing money into a black hole.
You are confusing policy with doctrine. Stability is State Dept doctrine.
The lack of leadership makes it a threat to regional stability. Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Syria are currently jockeying for position in the country. The Iraqi Army is unable to defend the country and the Iraqi Police are corrupt to the core.
The idea that Iraq's internal position today poses a greater threat to regional and world stability than Saddam Hussein's regime is simply misguided. Pundits have been predicting since before Saddam was overthrown that Iran would take over Iraq. It hasn't happened yet and the Shia won't allow the Sauds to take over either. Syria is not even worth mentioning as they have neither the wealth nor expertise to pose the threat you are imagining.
To whom? The House of Saud? I don't recall Iraqi's attacking the US.
This is where your true colors become obvious. Your clear stance is that Saddam's Iraq was not a threat and that position is undefensible, as laid bare by the sources cited in the sources linked in the article I posted, as well as the Human Events article from 2008.
Under Saddam, Iraq was able to defend it's borders against regional threats, and Saddam was a known quantity. In essence, he could be measured. Now, there is no standard of measurement. As for "looking for a new dictator", the average Iraqi (Kurds not withstanding)doesn't understand democracy. They've lived their entire lives under a dictatorial government which provided everything; essential services, health care, jobs, it made their decisions for them. They don't know how to live without that hovering over their heads. The current Maliki-led government is weak. It cannot provide the services that the people had grown to accept, and the average Iraqi sees that.
Stability is State Dept doctrine.
Then it's a failure. The Iraqi people look upon the US military as the stabilizing force in the country. The State Dept wants to maintain a presence in Iraq after the final withdrawal, but they can't provide stability or the training the Iraqi's would need provide for their own security.
It hasnt happened yet and the Shia wont allow the Sauds to take over either. Syria is not even worth mentioning as they have neither the wealth nor expertise to pose the threat you are imagining.
Practically all the Shia east of the Tigris River are supportive of Iran. Maliki himself is under Iranian influence. There is a strong Syrian influence in Anbar Province. Allawi, who won the election in March, is in Damascus holding talks with al-Sadr. The Saudi's are exerting their influence in the south.
Your clear stance is that Saddams Iraq was not a threat and that position is undefensible, as laid bare by the sources cited in the sources linked in the article I posted, as well as the Human Events article from 2008.
I read your Human Events article down to where it mentioned Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. The info on him is wrong, but that's a subject for a different thread. As far as my stance, Saddam was a regional threat, but with the northern and southern no-fly zones, plus being placed under a magnifying glass of world opinion and sanctions, his threat to the US was minimized. Sure, he hosted known terrorists, but the same can be said of the other countries in the region, even our NATO "ally" Turkey..
The problem with your argument there: is like comparing the Wicked Witch of the West with the Wicked Witch of the East!
The "West" was worse than the "East", according to Glinda, the good "Witch of the North"! "The Wizard of Oz"
You didn't dream it at all! I remember that too, now that you mention it.
can you give me a source for that quote? I know he said some things like that but he also said a lot of other things about going into Iraq
The rest of that quote...."BUT THEY HAD THE CAPACITY TO MAKE WMDs"...
Talk about cherry picking and being "out of context"
Bush goes on to say a lot of good stuff about Iraq but again the left heard only what they wanted to
Mine didn't grow back.
The UNMOVIC report was available for all to see. The problem with the Bush Administration claim of WMD was the 'international definition of WMD. It gets very complicated.
The truth of the matter as proven by the UNMOVIC report was that Saddam Hussein illegally had 'precursor, accelerants, and dual use materials. (Not to mention the designs and human capital to put them all together quickly) But trying to get GW to pronounce all that in a marketable sound byte without being mocked by the MSM was impossible.
I think he should have been front & center with it—using pressers if he had to. As POTUS, he can get an audience whether the press likes it or not. I think he misunderestimated how vile the media had already become & how much venom was left over from 2000.
I totally agree with you about Powell. Where's the video of that UN speech?
The Bush Administration could have saved its own credibility and that of the United States by explaining that the distinction between having the ability to quickly produce WMD and having actual stockpiles is minimal.
All Im saying is that Bush made the case....maybe not enough and maybe not articulately enough....but I think no matter what he had said, the other side with the help of the media would have lied and twisted things around .
Bush was fighting a war ....they were (and are still) fighting Bush
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The 12 in '12 series celebrates the fact that the London 2012 Olympic Games are less than two years away. The series previews 12 athletes who have proven themselves as true competitors in past Games and look to win medals for Team
Olympic gold medal. FIVB World Championships gold medal. No. 1-ranked team on the FIVB World Tour.
Beach volleyball partners Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers have been the ones to beat since officially teaming up in 2006. Known as the 'Thin Beast' [Dalhausser] and the 'Professor' [Rogers], they managed to win the FIVB World Championships in only their second season together. They followed that performance up by earning Olympic gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. After a bronze-medal performance at the 2009 World Championships, they had no trouble rebounding and are the top-ranked team on this season's FIVB World Tour. Less than two years from now, they will try to repeat their
The Veteran and the Rookie
Todd Rogers was born and raised in
He started playing indoor volleyball competitively in the fall of his freshman year at
Rogers and Holdren parted ways when Holdren went to
After graduating,
The season after Rogers and Holdren began having international success, the court dimensions changed from being 9 meters x 9 meters to 8 x 8.
"He's 6-3, I'm 6-2, and you needed a big guy to block,"
He partnered with Sean Scott in 2002 and in their four years together, the two reached the podium four times on the AVP Tour.
Scott is 6-5, a disadvantage in beach volleyball.
"I had a blast playing with Sean,"
Enter Phil Dalhausser.
Dalhausser was originally born in
He was named the Most Valuable Player at the
At the end of that season, Scott's finger broke and he was unable to play in the World Championships with
"I felt like a guy like Phil was bigger and more intimidating,"
Thin Beast and Professor Click
Dalhausser proved to be the perfect intimidator that
"We both have good ball control," Dalhausser said. "We're just sturdy players."
Dalhausser's height and blocking skills were good for
Dalhausser didn't pick up the sport until his junior year of high school and was not exposed in
"Our first few months of practices was just me filling him with my knowledge,''
In 2006, the partners started playing together full time and won eight tournaments on the AVP Tour, as well as one FIVB World Tour tournament.
The following season, Rogers and Dalhausser really made a name for themselves on the international scene when they won the 2007 FIVB World Championships in
"It was pretty damn cool," Dalhausser said. "For me, it was extra special because a lot of my family still lives in
They were the first American men to earn the gold medal in the tournament's 10-year history and the 'Thin Beast and the Professor' showed the world what was so special about their relationship. (The Professor is a nickname
"We're not super animated players,"
With World Championship gold under their belts, there was only one thing left for the mellow team to achieve in order to prove their dominance in the sport: Olympic gold.
"That was our goal from the beginning,"
At the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Dalhausser and Rogers saw that ultimate goal come to fruition. They won six of the seven matches they played in
"It was the best feeling ever, times a thousand," Dalhausser said. "It was an experiment that worked out. He took a chance on me and all that paid off."
That was the third men's Olympic beach volleyball victory for Team
Digging for More Gold
As much as Rogers and Dalhausser enjoyed their success from
After 2009,
"Now it's the same kind of run-up,"
And so far, the team is doing a great job at that. This season, the kings of the beach are undefeated on the AVP Nivea Tour and recently won their 500th match together.
Internationally, they have won seven tournaments on the 2010 FIVB World Tour and are second in career World Tour wins. They said the sport is not as easy to them as they make it look out on the court.
"The World Tour is really competitive right now," Dalhausser said. "It's more competitive than it's ever been because there are a lot of good European teams now. Before it was just
But they're having the time of their lives dominating this year.
"It's become a lot more fun for me,"
The pair will enjoy the sport and the magic it hopes to make together for at least two more years – but not much longer than that. Dalhausser said his tentative career plan is to play through to the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games, where he will be 36. But for
He plans to enjoy every second of his last Olympic Games with Dalhausser as they attempt to become the only men's beach volleyball duos to win back-to-back Olympic titles.
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In short: OK event, could have done with more marshals. Dismal goody bag. A water bottle and snap band the only real contents. Bananas and Clif bars at end a nice touch though :)In full: Having read the reviews of last years event I'm not convinced the organisers had taken the comments on board. The route was mildly challenging with a couple of hills to climb and a pleasant downhill section over the last third. I registered on the day and luckily brought along the right money although the on the day charge wasn't indicated on the event website. The route crossed three public roads which were open to traffic and should therefore have been marshalled. Comments on last years event noted the fact that the cattle grids were not covered in Campbell Park an omission which was repeated this year. Race HQ on the day were very pleasant and helpful which to an extent compensated for these shortcomings. Very well organised chip timing and orderly start / finish with a good atmosphere. Dull 'goody' bag containing leaflets, a money off voucher and a cheap snap band and bottle. Overall - pretty average. I'd do it again only because it's nearby. Date of review: December 10, 2012
In short: Cracking scenery and some killer hills!In full: Really enjoyed this event and would do it again. Only slight criticism was queuing for water halfway - need more staff on the water station. Also for the elite runners (of which I'm not one) there was a problem with the marking of the course which meant the fastest few went the wrong way and only completed 8km. Expect more arrows and marshals next time! Overall a really varied course that made the best of the available terrain and some great views to be enjoyed. Post race goodies were plentiful too. Date of review: October 20, 2010
In short: Fast and fun two lap race.In full: First year running this one for me, but it was recommended by several friends. All round a good experienced. Well organised, marshalled and marked, plenty of (too many?) water stations, lots of people lining the course cheering you on. Great goody bag and a medal at the end. Great atmosphere despite the wet weather. Will be back next year.Date of review: October 10, 2010
In short: A good first 10K experience for me and I'll definately returnDate of review: December 15, 2009
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Intel Will Die if It Doesn't Think and Act Differently
Taking you behind the scenes a bit, employees at the company viewed an article I wrote earlier this month -- 2013 Prediction: Apple and Facebook Will Fly, Intel Will Die -- 1,255 times. These page visits came from an internal Intel employee-only blog. Whoever posted the link added the word "yikes" to the end of my title.
They're a confident bunch at Intel. Probably too confident. Though not bumbling idiots, the response to criticism is reminiscent of Research in Motion (RIMM) circa 2011.
Honey, I don't have a problem. Now, bartender, pour me another drink .
An Intel executive got in touch with me on Monday in response to Intel CEO Out: It's About Time .
He took exception to my tongue-lashing and forward-looking thoughts. But that's his job. To defend his company and, sadly, to a certain extent, maintain the status quo .
I saw it happen all 2011 not only at RIM, but with executives I made contact with at Netflix (NFLX) . They're almost like domestic abuse victims; if they just give it more time or half-acknowledge, partially address the problem a bit longer, things will change. They can only get better.
But the Intel exec isn't the only one. Everybody thinks I'm nuts for suggesting Intel ditch the standard routine of hiring an executive search firm and promoting from within or hiring -- hey, hey, hey -- a division head from Hewlett Packard (HPQ) or a former president from -- gasp -- Motorola Mobility .
These comprise the majority of options compiled by Arik Hesseldahl of All Things D .
Sadly, Hesseldahl doesn't see the two most exciting names on the list -- former Apple (AAPL) executive Scott Forstall and ex- Microsoft (MSFT) Windows President Steve Sinofsky -- as good fits for the gig.
That's depressing.
In fact, these two names should be the most "conservative" ones that come up.
It's pretty straightforward; I'm convinced we have two worldviews colliding here.
There's the perspective that looks at Intel and says they just need some product tweaks to better compete and muscle their way into mobile relevancy for example. Go out and hire "a seasoned executive" who has silicon coming out of his or her ears.
Then there's my perspective.
You've hitched yourself to a dying PC market . So, much of your fate depends on what happens at Microsoft (MSFT) . There's a better than zero chance Apple (AAPL) will stop doing Macbook business with you soon and there's probably no way you get your processors into iPhones or iPads.


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Leave your choice and page number please. And as always, this is a NO CHAT post.
Nominations close on 6/15.
I love to do a Fougasse (p.146 or 59) and Raspberry-Fig Crostata (p.374 or 338).
Still remember the taste of the yummy white loaves?
The WHOLE WHEAT LOAVES are even better – I love this one p. 83
Crème Brûléed Chocolate Bundt – p. 280 – 281
Anything that requires minimal oven/stove top use!! :) It's too hot here to cook!!
Semolina bread (102-103)
Raspberry fig crostata (374-375)
Creme Bruleed Chocolate Bundt, page 280 and Hazelnut Biscotti, page 315
yeah…. go creme brûléed chocolate Bundt…go !
Ditto to both.
Baked Yogurt Tart p.378
Cheese and tomato galette p.429
something sweet and something savory-a bread and something fruity works for me
Berry galette or blueberry nectarine pie, while they are in season!
croissants, please!! :)
Nectarine Upside-Down Chiffon Cake (p 241)
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