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Negaunee clinches share of M-PC boys basketball title
NEGAUNEE – Negaunee clinched a share of the Mid-Peninsula Conference boys basketball title with a 61-32 victory over visiting Westwood on Wednesday night.
The Miners, now 17-1 overall and 10-0 in the M-PC, can wrap up the championship by defeating their only remaining pursuer, Iron Mountain, at home on Tuesday night. The Mountaineers are 9-2 in league.
On Wednesday, Negaunee raced to a 27-10 halftime lead on Senior Night as Miners coach Mike O'Donnell started five 12th-graders. Tony Zampese took greatest advantage of the opportunity, scoring seven points in the first quarter and finishing with 11.
But the Patriots (3-14, 3-8) whittled the deficit to 11 points during the third quarter.
"Westwood was playing well and we hit a scoring drought," O'Donnell said. "Westwood was methodical with its offense, and I think we were taking some bad shots, especially from the perimeter."
He said a timeout calmed and refocused his troops, who soon caught fire, finishing the period on a 10-2 run to take a 43-20 cushion entering the fourth.
Negaunee junior Tyler Jandron led all scorers with 16 points and added five steals, while senior teammate Tanner Uren finished with 12 points, seven assists and five rebounds. Junior Zane Radloff also pulled in five rebounds.
For Westwood, which had won three of its previous four games to break out of a winless campaign, juniors Brad Pennala and Justin Luke each scored seven points while senior Travis Swanson had six.
The Miners also won the JV game, 62-47.

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Unit 227 is our favorite condo for many years. The kitchen is well appointed and fun to work in. The charming colors of "Old Florida" in the bathroom tile. The gorgeous view thru the palms to the beach. The "Surf Song" and sea breeze make air conditioning seldom necessary. The bed and furniture are comfy. The decor is charming, TV is great and this unit is heavenly
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Everything is fantastic.
Reviewed on Sunday, February 14, 2010
Outstanding service. We had a toilet problem maintenance fixed right away. We would stay in this unit again and hope to do so later in the year.location is ideal as John's pass is right across the street. beach front and three bbq grills for your use. The only downside with this unit was the blinds that cover windows that look out to the beach were broken and privacy at night was a problem.(they were to be fixed right after we left?) We have stayed at Surf Song before and we will try to stay there every time we come to Florida. friendly and helpful staff will make your stay a pleasent vacation.
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This is our 3rd stay at this beautuful beach front condo. Surf Song is the best. Very reasonable and clean. Friendly people and secure. The beach and wonderful pool was right out the front door. What more could we ask for. A nice kitchen-et and comfortable bed.
Great with kids or just for two. We loved it and will come back..
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We've been coming here for years and this is the perfect spot for our entire family. The beach is beautiful - the pool is always inviting - and the rooms are always clean! We have another trip already planned for 2009 with our entire family. Kids, grandchildren, sister and her family are all coming for a week full of fun in the sun. This place is very relaxing and family friendly. We've brought several friends here and they keep coming back too.
We loved it! Very clean, great time of the year to take a vaca. Found the other guests very friendly. Many were people that return the same week every year. The management office was more than helpful. Great spot to stay with Johns Pass across the street. We will return again. Sharon and Heather from Indiana


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Topic: error when executing gem install rails
On my home system, I installed without any problems and everything
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gem install rails --include-dependencies
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Liam, hey there. We again agree on 'Distractions.' How can anybody not like that song? Even as big of a McCartney fan as I am, most of his songs still usually take a while to grow on me. With Distractions, however, from the VERY FIRST moment I heard it, I was in love with it. Just an absolutely beautiful song.
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Dude that is the beauty of this forum. You have a very high opinion of Distractions whilst I don't think it's even worthy of being a B-side track. Opinions are like a-holes, everybody's got one. I have no problem with the quality of the BOTR recording at all except for Jet, maybe you need to get yourself a decent equalizer. V&M is alot worse in my opinion but that muddled sound is the charm of the album.
Finally, we're talking about the songs here right? A great song is a great song irregardless of the sound of the recording. I just happen to believe the ratio of great songs on FITD is less than on BOTR. FITD is a great album but it doesn't make my Top 5 McCartney albums.
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Thank Thank you. Rosie and her brother Mick, love pizza! Heck, they love FOOD!!!! They are Beagles!
Beef tenderloin, crumbled blue, and a bit of motz over a port wine reduction.WFO for both...guesstimated at around 2 minutes, maybe 750*
I liked the way these came out look and taste wise. I wish I could get the glare out of the flash and a more realistic representation of the look. Walter
My best pie yet - Calabro whole milk mozzarella definitely stepped my pizza making game up, big thanks to Scott for the recommendation!
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Looks great, chasenpse! Guess I'm going for the Calabro cheese this week. Thanks for sharing.Mary Ann
Wow! Your first pizza looks way better than my first pizza. Good job. Glad you like the Frigo cheese. Frigo and Calabro are next on my list of cheeses to try Mary Ann


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Thucydides c. 455/460 B.C.-c. 399 B.C.
Greek historian.
Thucydides' reputation as a primary historian of the ancient world derives from his one work, the History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides began compiling his work at the onset of the war in 431 B.C., becoming one of the earliest historians to write contemporary history, and he continued to record the events of the war as it unfolded. The work chronicles most of the war, although Thucydides died before its conclusion; his account ends at 411 B.C., seven years before the war ended in 404. His dedication to an accurate and impartial presentation sets him apart from his contemporaries, in whose works supernatural events and moral purpose typically play a greater role. He attempted to eschew "fable" and bias in his work, as he explained: "Of the events of war I have not ventured to speak from any chance information, nor according to any notion of my own; I have described nothing but what I either saw myself or learnt from others, of whom I made the most careful and particular inquiry." His method became known as "scientific" history because Thucydides drew on developing scientific knowledge in his environment—such as Hippocrates' then novel treatises on medicine—and applied it to the study of history. This fact also caused subsequent historians to claim him as the father of modern history. In the mid-eighteenth century, philosopher David Hume declared that "the first page of Thucydides is the commencement of real history."
Biographical Information
Thucydides was the son of an Athenian, Olorus, who was most likely a grandson to the Thracian King Olorus. Thucydides may also have been related to Cimon, another grandson to the king, and a leading Athenian statesman. Judging from the breadth of knowledge displayed in the History, historians surmise that Thucydides received his education in Athens, although he held property including gold mines in Thrace. In 424 B.C. he was elected as a general to protect the region; however, when he failed to defend the coveted Athenian colony of Amphipolis from Sparta, he was sent to trial, convicted, and subsequently exiled from Athens until the war ended in 404 B.C. While in exile he traveled extensively, making connections with sympathizers from both sides of the conflict and collecting eyewitness accounts of the war. He also did most of his writing at this time, having begun at the war's onset in 431 B.C., before his exile, and apparently leaving the work unfinished on his death in 399 B.C. He died shortly after his return to Athens and was buried in Cimon's family vault.
Major Works
The History of the Peloponnesian War, comprised of eight books, presents the war's duration through accounts of events and speeches, a device Thucydides adopted from the Greek historian Herodotus. In Book 1 Thucydides stated as his objective to give an accurate account of the war he deemed the most consequential in human history, and to provide knowledge that he hoped would instruct and guide future readers. In a preamble to the Athenian conflict with Sparta, he briefly summarized early Greek history and described the key military incidents that provided an environment for the growth of Athenian power. Books 2-4 chronicle the main events in the first part of the Peloponnesian War known as the Archidamian War, including the Plague and the Funeral Oration (Book 2), the revolt of Lesbos (Book 3), the Athenian victory at Sphacteria, and the fall of Amphipolis to Brasidas (Book 4). Book 5 tells of the deaths of Brasidas and Cleon, the Peace of Nicias, and Mantinean War, and the subjugation of Melos. Books 6 and 7 describe Nicias' illfated expedition to Sicily, and the unfinished eighth book describes the revolt led by the Athenian allies and the naval warfare near Asia Minor. Scholars consider the last book unfinished since it both lacks the speeches found in the first seven books and stops at the year 411 B.C., well before the end of the war in 404 B.C. Not only do speeches constitute a sizable portion of the preceding books, but the History generally treats speeches as an intregal part of the political scene; the Funeral Oration by Pericles, in which Thucydides recalled an idealized Athens, has received considerable critical attention as an important text in itself. The History is also studied for its portraits of certain key players in the historical events, including Pericles, a highly influential Athenian statesman; Cleon, the statesman who inherited Pericles' position of influence; and two Athenian generals, Nicias and Alcibiades.
Textual History
While critics generally agree that Thucydides must have collected the material for and composed his history throughout the duration of the war, dating the various portions of the work has produced considerable debate. Efforts at dating must proceed largely from the History's internal evidence, since the earliest known manuscript dates to the tenth century. Fifty such manuscripts exist in libraries across Europe, many dating from the eleventh and twelth centuries. Translations into English proliferated in the nineteenth century, the most authoritative generally thought to be Benjamin Jowett's 1881 edition.
Critical Reception
Thucydides was largely unknown as a historian during his lifetime, possibly due in part to his lengthy exile. Substantial appreciation first came in the second century B.C. from the Greek historian Polybius and in the first century A.D. from Roman authors Caesar and Sallust. He also wielded a significant influence on subsequent Greek historians, including Dexippus (third century), Procopius (sixth century), and Critobulus (fifteenth century). Later political philosophers Niccolò Machiavelli, the Italian statesman, and Thomas Hobbes, the English writer, admired his analytical methods, and Thomas Jefferson mentioned him favorably in an 1812 letter to John Adams. Nineteenth-century classicists have also admired his work, praising both his methods of composition and his apparently impartial approach to history; their studies generally consisted of painstaking, line-by-line analyses, often for the purpose of determining when Thucydides wrote each part of the history, an issue about which there has been much debate.
Twentieth-century classicists have moved away from this kind of analysis to more broad-based concerns, especially embracing the History during the major military conflicts of the century. In general, their theses about Thucydides range between two extreme positions, one of which finds the historian a wholly objective and accurate recorder of facts, while the other views him as a politically engaged man who necessarily conveys the biases of his own age and viewpoint. In an essay that dubs Thucydides "The Modern Spirit," G. F. Abbott has characterized the historian as a "student who cares for historical facts and who knows that historical facts can only be ascertained, if at all, by sceptical inquiry—by that close and cold scrutiny which nips like a frost the fables dictated by ignorance or interest and fostered by credulity."
The common characterization of Thucydides as the precursor of modern history is based on his significant differences from other historians of his age, as demonstrated in the work of Charles Norris Cochrane. Cochrane maintains that while the supernatural—specifically the will of the gods—plays a central role in most ancient histories, Thucydides keeps an unusually persistent eye on the natural, precisely in the "scientific" manner Hippocrates was developing in his medical treatises. Cochrane and like-minded critics have studied Thucydides's portraits of individuals and groups (nations, armies, etc.) for their unusually modern, psychological analyses of human nature, which ultimately suggest that Thucydides attributes historical events not to the gods but to human nature.
Counter to the approach Abbott and Cochrane typify stands a line of thought initiated in 1907 by Francis MacDonald Cornford's Thucydides Mythistoricus, in which the author argues that Thucydides, despite his intentions, embedded his own ideas about history in general and specifically about the war through which he lived in his chronicle. W. P. Wallace's 1964 essay represents the culmination of this extreme; the critic not only argues that Thucydides invested the History with his own perspective, but also concludes that "it is somehow not quite respectable to give one's reader's as little choice as Thucydides gives his."
Most criticism falls somewhere between these two poles. Some schoalars have suggested, for example, that Thucydides's notion of history may itself have allowed for a sense of accuracy not at odds with bias. Along these lines, most critics agree that Thucydides presents his readers with two causes of the Peloponnesian war, one of which he considers superficial and the other, "real." While there were a series of diplomatic exchanges between Athens and Sparta regarding the allegiance of certain city-states that led up to the conflict, Thucydides suggests that the larger force at work was Sparta's fear of Athens' imperial expansion. Much of his analytical method and his careful accuracy is aimed, as most critics agree, toward uncovering this underlying cause, so that the image of a "scientific" Thucydides is often synonymous with the image of a Thucydides committed to a particular view of history. Moreover, some scholars contend that Thucydides' objectivity necessarily had certain viewpoints built into it, since the very definition of "history" in his era is based on certain assumptions about which there is still debate.
Principal English Translations
Thucydides (the Loeb edition, translated by Charles Forster Smith) 1930-35
Thucydides (translated by Benjamin Jowett) 1881
The History of the Peloponnesian War (translated by Rex Warner) 1972
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Dionysius of Halicarnassus (essay date 8 B.C.?)
SOURCE: "Translation of Usener-Radermacher Text of De Thucydide," in Dionysius of Halicarnassus: On Thucydides, translated by W. Kendrick Pritchett, University of California Press, 1975, pp. 1-46.
[A Greek who taught rhetoric in Rome, Dionysius was a prominent literary figure and the author of Roman Antiquities, a history of Rome from its origins to the First Punic War, and Scripta rhetorica, a collection of letters and essays on literary criticism valued for its thorough analysis and comparative method. In the following excerpt from his On Thucydides, Dionysius comments on what he views as some positive and negative attributes of the historian's style. Since the...
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Thomas Hobbes (essay date 1629)
SOURCE: "To The Readers," in Hobbes's Thucydides, edited by Richard Schlatter, Rutgers University Press, 1975, pp. 6-9.
[Hobbes was an eminent English philosopher best known for his Leviathan, or the Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil (1651), in which he presented his theory of social contract. In the following preface to his 1629 translation of Thucydides's History, Hobbes praises the historian's objectiveness and vivid, descriptive style.]
It hath been noted by divers, that Homer in poesy, Aristotle in philosophy, Demosthenes in eloquence, and others of the ancients in other knowledge, do still maintain their primacy:...
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Richard Jebb (essay date 1880)
SOURCE: "The Speeches of Thucydides," in Essays and Addresses, Cambridge at the University Press, 1907, pp. 359-443.
[Jebb was a Scottish-born classicist, translator, and author of numerous works on ancient literature, and the founder of the Cambridge Philological Society, the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, and the British School of Archeology in Athens. In the essay excerpted below, originally published in 1880 in Hellenica: a Collection of Essays on Greek Poetry, Philosophy, History, and Religion, Jebb approaches the speeches as a vital part of the History for their "light on the inner workings of the Greek political mind, … on the whole play of feeling and...
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Frank Byron Jevons (essay date 1886)
SOURCE: "Thucydides," in A History of Greek Literature: From the Earliest Period to the Death of Demosthenes, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900, pp. 327-48.
[In the following excerpt from his monograph written in 1886, Jevons maintains that Thucydides sought "to give a strict and faithful account of the facts" of the Peloponnesian War and demonstrates the importance of the War to Western history.]
"Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war in which the Peloponnesians and the Athenians fought against one another. He began to write when they first took up arms, believing that it would be great and memorable above any previous war. For he argued that both states...
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Francis MacDonald Cornford (essay date 1907)
SOURCE: "Mythistoria and the Drama," in Thucydides Mythistoricus, 1907. Reprint by Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965, pp. 129-52.
[Cornford was an English classicist whose books include From Religion to Philosophy (1912), Greek Religious Thought (1923), and Before and after Socrates (1932). In the following excerpt from a work originally published in 1907, Cornford argues that— despite the historian's intentions to "exclude the mythical"—Thucydides "unconciously" fitted his History to the structure of Greek drama.]
The epithet 'dramatic' has often been applied to Thucydides' work; but...
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Charles Norris Cochrane (essay date 1929)
SOURCE: "Thucydides," in Thucydides and the Science of History, Oxford University Press, 1929, pp. 14-34.
[In the following excerpt, Cochrane identifies Thucydides as a "scientific" historian, demonstrating that "Thucydides adapted the principles and methods of Hippocratic medicine to the interpretation of history" and further asserting that therein lies his "power and originality. "]
Ideas such as those enunciated by the Hippocratic school were unquestionably floating about in the Hellenic world as early as the middle of the fifth century B.C. Herodotus, for example, was well aware of the requirements of a genuinely scientific hypothesis, as he showed by his refusal...
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John H. Finley Jr. (essay date 1942)
SOURCE: "The Plan and Methods of the History," in Thucydides, The University of Michigan Press, 1963, pp. 74-110.
[Focusing on the opening chapters or "archeology" of the History in the following excerpt from his 1942 monograph, Finley asserts that the material reveals Thucydides' "belief that history is both useful and scientific. "]
[The] transition from Thucydides' age to his work is necessarily abrupt, because it is impossible to follow his development step by step as Plato's, for instance, can to some extent be followed. Thus one is confronted, on the one hand, with many facts of his life and many tendencies of his age which have an obvious bearing...
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A. W. Gomme (essay date 1945)
SOURCE: "What Thucydides Takes for Granted" and "Thucydides' Self-imposed Limitations," in A Historical Commentary on Thucydides, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1945, pp. 1-25, 25-29.
[Gomme, a scholar of Greek letters, was the author of Essays in Greek History and Literature (1937). In the following excerpt, he first describes the economic, military, and political contexts and assumptions of Thucydides' work and then documents what the historian elected to exclude.]
Thucydides was well aware of the importance of the economic factor in history. In his sketch of the early development of the Greek states in his...
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G. B. Grundy (essay date 1948)
SOURCE: "Thucydides and the Philosophy of History," in Thucydides and the History of His Age, Vol. II, Basil Blackwell, 1948, pp. 28-80.
[In the following excerpt, Grundy suggests that Thucydides imbued the History with his own philosophical perspective—an "essentially practical" or cynical view-point—despite his claims to objectivity.]
Any student or any reader who is interested in Thucydides will require as full a pro of as possible of his aim as an author. In the case of his philosophy the difficulty of acquiring a comprehensive knowledge of it is due to the fact that Thucydides...
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David Grene (essay date 1950)
SOURCE: "Chance and Pity" and "Beyond Necessity," in Man in His Pride, University of Chicago Press, 1950, pp. 70-79, 80-92.
[In the excerpt that follows, Grene endeavors to answer the question, "in the true domain of politics … where does Thucydides find his highest value?" In order to find an answer, he explores Thucydides 's notion of primary historical forces—particularly necessity and chance—and examines those instances where Thucydides deems it appropriate to insert moral commentary on individual behavior.]
Chance and Pity
Everybody who reads Thucydides has been struck by the sparseness of any personal moral comment on the men and...
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F. E. Adcock (essay date 1963)
SOURCE: in Thucydides and His History, Cambridge at the University Press, 1963, pp. 27-57.
[In the following excerpt, Adcock first analyses Thucydides' manner of presentation: he contends that the speeches present a dialectical movement through argument and persuasion, proceeding indirectly towards the final purpose. Adcock posits that purpose second: the history makes an ethical argument about the primacy of civic life over private life.]
Thucydides has told his readers what they are to think about the content of the speeches either in the first part or the whole of his work. When he wrote the sentence is not known for certain,...
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Michael Grant (essay date 1970)
SOURCE: "Speeches and Personalities in Thucydides," in The Ancient Historians, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970, pp. 88-101.
[In the following excerpt, Grant defends the "accuracy" of Thucydides's speeches, basing his argument on an examination of contemporary Greek notions of the purpose of public speech. He speculates that Thucydides believed that individuals in history were "there to reveal underlying causes " of the course of history; therefore, their speeches are not only vital to written history, but also are accurate inasmuch as they articulate those underlying causes.]
Thucydides' history would not have been at all the same without the speeches. This device, which...
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W. den Boer (essay date 1977)
SOURCE: "Thucydides," in Progress in the Greece of Thucydides, North Holland Publishing, 1977, pp. 21-38.
[In the excerpt that follows, den Boer enters the debate over Thucydides' views on progress as a necessary part of history—that is, whether events in time necessarily "progress" toward some higher condition. He concludes, through an examination of the opening chapters of the History and contemporary Greek thought in general, that such a notion of history did not exist for Thucydides.]
One author who was not impressed by the accomplishments of man was Thucydides. Nevertheless, in the eyes of many scholars he is one of the champions of progress. "More...
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W. Robert Connor (essay date 1985)
SOURCE: "Narrative Discourse in Thucydides," in The Greek Historians: Literature and History—Papers Presented to A. E. Raubitschek, Anma Libri, 1985, pp. 1-17.
[In the following excerpt, Connor argues that the predominant critical examination of Thucydides as a political scientist and a historical scientist neglects the strength of his narrative technique—and consequently misses "the pleasure of reading" his History.]
There are today many signs of a sea change in our understanding of the relationship between literature and history and hence in our understanding of the historians of the past and of historical writing in the present. Lawrence Stone drew attention to...
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Further Reading
Abbott, G. F. Thucydides: A Study in Historical Reality, George Routledge & Sons, 1925.
Argues that Thucydides' approach to historical writing breaks from the conventions of classical history and anticipates modern styles.
Connor, W. R. "A Post Modernist Thucydides?" The Classical Journal 72, No. 4 (April-May 1977): 289-98.
Reviews modern criticism on Thucydides's History, remarking in particular on recent pronounced shifts in critical opinion.
De Romilly, Jacqueline. Thucydides and Athenian Imperialism. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1963, 400 p....
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Softball hotbed
THUMBS UP: Congratulations to the New Ulm High School and Cathedral High School softball teams. On Thursday, both teams won their section championships and are heading to the Minnesota State High School League Softball Tournament next week.
It says a lot about the quality of the players and the coaching staffs that two schools in one city, working with the same talent pool, are both heading to state. Good luck to the Eagles and the Greyhounds.
Congratulations as well to Kelton Schmitz and Corinne McKeeth of the NUHS Golf Team, who earned trips to the state tournament as well.
Need for roads
THUMBS UP: Senator Amy Klobuchar visited New Ulm this week with Minnesota Transportation Commissioner Charlie Zelle, as part of a Highway 14 tour. Klobuchar said she sees the need for expanding the highway to four lanes, and will be looking at some ways to funnel more federal money toward the project.
While the Congress no longer uses "earmarks" to focus dollars on specific projects, the needs of Highway 14 and hundreds of road projects like it across the country pose a challenge to Congress. How can this nation find the funding for billions in infrastructure needs?
We're glad Klobuchar is interested in the problem, and willing to work on it.
Shinseki resigns
THUMBS UP: A preliminary inspector general's report this week contained nothing in the way of good news for the Veterans Adminstration and embattled VA?Secretary Eric Shinseki. In the face of the report, and eroding support in Congress, Shinseki resigned Friday, clearing the way for a new leader who will tackle the problems that have been plaguing the VA.
At the Phoenix veterans hospital, about 1,700 veterans in need of care were "at risk of being lost or forgotten," kept off the official aapointment waiting list as the administrators continued to report everyone was being seen within at least 24 days. In reality, those on the waiting list were waiting 115 days on average.
The problems in Phoenix appear to be systemic, the report said, with improper scheduling practices throughout the nation's VA hospitals and clinics.
It is now up to Congress and the administration to investigate what is wrong with system, and put someone in place who will get it fixed.


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In short: Awsome. First time for me and definitely coming back next year.In full: Only gripes from me would be the queueing for a life jacket at the water section. Other than that a well organised and great fun event. Date of review: October 13, 2009
In short: Quality day outDate of review: October 13, 2009
In short: Just a cracking day out with your matesDate of review: October 13, 2009
In short: You will not smell nice after this one!In full: Was in last wave and disappointed by the amount of queuing at obstacles from the water onwards. Good camaraderie amongst competitors, needed the leg up over the final wall! km markers suggested it was 12km long. Date of review: October 12, 2009
In short: So much fun!!!!In full: This race was split into waves, with approx 300 people in each going off at 15 minute intervals from 10am through to 12pm. I opted for the last wave but arrived around 10.15 to give myself plenty of time to register etc. I needn't have worried though as the organisation was very slick. There were plenty of toilets and hardly any queues.The race itself was awesome, although having been advertised as about 10km I was surprised that the km markers indicated it was nearer 12! So with actual distance maybe a bit approximate and all the obstacles along the way there was no point thinking of PBs. The obstacles certainly made it more testing but they were all achievable even if you weren't superfit of strong. And if you did struggle there were plenty of fellow competitors willing to give you a hand. There were the bales of hay to clamber over just near the start, a mini army obstacle course, water slide into a muddy cold lake, the terraces of Nottingham Forest FC to run up and down and the infamous Wall to finish with to name but a few. Red or white technical T-shirts were given out at the start which you were expected to wear and after crawling through the disgustingly smelly, muddy ditch and drainage tunnel I thought mine would never be white again!! The biggest frustration of the race was the amount of bottlenecks at some of the obstacles, made worse by starting in the last wave - this probably added 20 minutes to my time. Some people just opted to skip them altogether and would have got better times because of it but they were too much fun not to do. To be competitive you really need to be in the earlier (first!!) waves, otherwise it's mainly about enjoyment. And enjoyable it most certainly was. I definitely intend doing it again next year. Finally, the goody bag was excellent - the best I've had at a race.Date of review: October 12, 2009
In short: Great race, good fun and very challengingDate of review: October 12, 2009
In short: Great fun!Date of review: October 12, 2009
In short: Second year at Nottingham & enjoyed it so much.In full: Really good fun though hard work - but what else would you expect. The queues were a pleasent breather but also frustrating, could be easily fixed for next year. Where was the archery this year?!There were a few nasty injuries but an event like this isn't risk free and as long as it's clearly explained to all that's ok.Date of review: October 11, 2009
In short: Great day in NottinghamIn full: Aside from some queues at the water and city-scape obstacles, the race was a very good one. Well worth the trip up from London -- will be back next year...Date of review: October 11, 2009
In short: An absolutely brilliant race, no doubt about it.In full: A fantastic race that was hard and challenging in parts but so much fun. There is nothing really negative to say about the day apart from the waiting times at various stations which was frustrating however the organisation as a whole was brilliant. I really cant wait until next year so that I can do it all over again. Date of review: October 11, 2009
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Weak jobs report, Syria tensions whipsaw markets
NEW YORK — The stock market lurched between gains and losses Friday as traders held out hope for more economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve and worried about escalating tensions between the U.S. and Syria.
Stocks opened slightly higher after a weak jobs report for August bolstered hopes that the Fed may wait to cut back on its bond-buying program.
But the market soon fell as traders worried about a standoff in Syria. Russian media reported that naval ships were en route to the country, raising worries of a wider conflict and sending the Dow Jones industrial average down as much 148 points in the first half-hour of trading.
By 12:05 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the Dow had recovered and was up 40 points at 14,977. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose six points to 1,661 and the Nasdaq composite was up 8 points to 3,667.
Traders moved money back into U.S. government bonds on speculation that the weak employment numbers would encourage the Federal Reserve to keep buying bonds. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.91 percent from 3 percent the day before, a big move for the bond market.
Wall Street was rattled by signs that the confrontation between the U.S. and Syria over Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons on civilians was getting worse. Three Russian naval ships were sailing toward Syria in the eastern Mediterranean on Friday and a fourth was on its way, the Interfax news agency reported, a sign that Russia may assist Syria in case the U.S. does strike. However, Russia President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff said the naval ships were there to help Russia evacuate its citizens if strikes become necessary.
"These are troubling developments," said David Chalupnik, head of equities for Nuveen Asset Management. "Syria is turning into something bigger that what it started out to be."
The price of crude oil rose as traders anticipated that any escalation of tensions in the Middle East might disrupt the flow of oil from the region. Oil rose $1.81 to $110.16 a barrel. Gold rose $13 to $1,386 an ounce as investors parked money in safe-play assets.
In Washington, the Labor Department reported that U.S. employers added 169,000 jobs last month, fewer than the 177,000 economists had forecast. It also revised downward the number of jobs added in July to 104,000, from its previous estimate of 162,000.
"This was a horrible set of jobs figures, starting with large revision to last month's number," Tom di Galoma, head of fixed-income rates sales at ED&F Man Capital, wrote in an email to clients.
Friday's jobs survey is the last major piece of economic data the Federal Reserve will have to consider before its September 17-18 policy meeting, when it will decide the fate of its large bond-buying program.
The Fed has been buying $85 billion in Treasurys and other bonds since last September in an effort to keep interest rates low and encourage hiring and economic growth. It was widely believed that the Fed would start pulling back on the purchases this month, barring a disappointing jobs report.
In corporate news, Mattress Firm sank after the company reported second-quarter earnings of 43 cents a share, far below the 51 cents analysts expected, according to FactSet. Mattress Firm plunged $6.78, or 16.3 percent, to $34.91.
VeriFone Systems reported a third quarter loss on Thursday, but the results still came in above Wall Street expectations. The electronic payment terminal maker jumped $2.22, or 11 percent, to $22.94.


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Facebook-inspired Group Paves Way for Server Chip Changes
A group spearheaded by Facebook is proposing new ways to design server systems, including a change that could help hasten the arrival of mobile phone-style chips for server systems.
The group, called the Open Compute Project, was formed to help drive down the cost of building and operating computer rooms. It was inspired by Facebook's internal server developments, which led to the formation of a non-profit that takes technical contributions from many companies–just as the evolution of open-source software is managed collectively.
Among the group's key goals is creating standard designs for servers that are less expensive and consume less power. Following earlier announcements about such standards, participants at an event in Santa Clara, Calif., on Wednesday discussed ways to break through barriers associated with upgrading servers to take advantage of new technology.
Up to now, companies generally replace an entire server to introduce new microprocessors chips or some other kinds of components. The project, by contrast, wants to make it easier to insert just those chips into servers as they become available–a potentially less expensive and faster option.
A new element of that is creating what Frank Frankovsky, a Facebook vice president in charge of its hardware efforts, called "Group Hug" circuit boards.
Today, most servers have a main motherboard with a microprocessor–or a few of them–connected directly to it. Typically those chips are mostly from Intel or Advanced Micro Devices, and based on a technology called x86.
Under new specifications contributed by Facebook, such chips would be placed on small cards and inserted into a common slot on a motherboard. They could either use x86 chips, or those from chip makers that license technology from ARM Holdings-the norm in smartphones and tablets, which some companies are now trying to push into servers. Up to 10 cards can be inserted into one motherboard.
The approach means that companies that buy servers could, in theory, start with one kind of microprocessor–or CPU, in industry parlance–and change it later, or combine x86 or ARM chips in the same box. Indeed, Frankovsky held up a motherboard containing cards with five chips each from Intel and from Applied Micro Circuits, a Silicon Valley company that hopes to be the first to sell ARM-based server chips.
"It shows for the first time we can actually have different vendors' CPUs on the same system," Frankovsky said.
The impact the common slot could have for ARM vendors hoping to crack into the x86-dominated market was not lost on Paramesh Gopi, Applied Micro's president and CEO, who spoke after Frankovsky at the event. "It levels the playing field," he said in an interview Tuesday.
Not that Intel is resisting the group's efforts. Indeed, the chip giant is represented on its board of directors, and discussed its own technology contributions at the event Wednesday. Among them is a way to connect servers together using a laser-based technology created using silicon, rather than the more esoteric materials and assembly techniques that boost the cost of such optical interconnections.
Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology officer, discussed the benefits at the event with Andy Bechtolsheim, the well-known designer of servers and network devices who now helps lead the startup Arista Networks. "It should take off as soon as it is shipping," Bechtolsheim said.
Jason Waxman, an Intel general manager who sits on the project's board, added in an interview that Intel's connection technology may give it advantages when companies make choices about chips.
Each server that uses the common microprocessor card slot will require an additional interconnection component, called a "mezzanine" card, as well as software to help each microprocessor card talk to other servers in a rack. Intel will make such mezzanine cards, as will others.
In view of communication advantages, Waxman said, customers may find the playing field not so level after all after the advent of the common slot. "It doesn't change that much," he said.
Other supporters of the Open Compute Project include AMD, which is showing off a new motherboard design targeted mainly at customers in financial services. Though a longtime supplier of x86 chips, AMD has signaled plans to begin offering ARM-based technology for servers, too.
Another party that could benefit by some of the developments is Calxeda, a startup also making ARM-based server technology.


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Pizza night doesn't have to be the same basic margherita every week. Give the delivery guy a break, and turn the classic pie on its head with a reinvented version of the family favorite. Making your own pie at home lets your family be in charge of ingredients and gets everyone involved in making a tasty and healthy dinner. These fresh, new pizza creations might surprise you — and one may become your family's new favorite!


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Those elected best serve themselves
Public servants, as the term is normally understood, really don't serve the public at all. They don't live a selfless life of doing for others out of the goodness of their hearts. They work for a paycheck, just like everyone else.
They work for their bosses, just like everyone else. They want to keep their jobs, just like everyone else, and do whatever it takes to do so.
It may be said that, in a democratic society, elected politicians are accountable to the public and must do what is in the public interest in order to keep their jobs.
In reality, though, politicians don't have to behave in a way that benefits the public. They just have to say they do, and the public believes them.
They can say the most absurd things and nobody questions their honesty, integrity, intelligence, or understanding of economic reality. The public has shown itself to be incompetent in holding politicians accountable for the public interest.
The reason for that is simple. There is no such entity called "the public," and, therefore, there is no identifiable interest for such public. There are only individuals and groups that have their own interests, which are often at odds with others. If a politician makes a decision that favors one group of individuals, it must necessarily come at the expense of another. The politician must use the threat of force, backed up by actual violence, to coerce one group to do what is not in its own interest.
There is an alternative to the threat of force. It is the golden rule – do to others what you would have them do to you.
If you don't want others to have the capacity to take your stuff, then you have to refrain from taking the stuff of others, whether it is personally or through agents called politicians. Another name for it is voluntary commerce, or markets.
If people truly are free to associate with whomever they please, to transact on terms on which the parties can agree, and to refrain from dealings they feel are not in their own best interest, nobody's gain comes at the expense of another.
If the parties agree to a voluntary transaction, it is only because they believe they will be better off, in some way, after the transaction. There are, of course, cases of fraud, but they cannot be tolerated in a free society. They are violations of the rights of others and should be punished as such.
When everyone is free to interact with others on their own terms, when they are not subject to arbitrary politics, the conditions are right for progress in society. Free societies prosper, unfree societies suffocate, and there lies the cruel irony.
The people who use arbitrary political power to take from others or to set one group against another, thereby hurting progress and depleting prosperity, are called public servants. Those who actually help to improve the welfare of society as a whole, the entrepreneurs, the employers and employees, the creators, and the innovators, are not called public servants.
We need to see through the fog and the rhetoric to understand that politicians and bureaucrats have their own agendas, and you are not on them unless you donate to campaigns or belong to a group that can pull strings. It's time we recognize that true public servants are those who actually contribute progress in society.
They are the ones who are productive, who create value, who don't take without giving something in return. They are the ones who promote freedom and the compassionate results that come from it.
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National Crime Victims' Rights Week is April 21-27, 2013. This year's theme is New Challenges. New Solutions in recognition of the advances and progress that has been achieved for the rights of victims. The Marquette County Prosecutor's Office, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and law enforcement are joining together to bring awareness to our community.
Despite challenges, great strides have been made in protecting the rights of victims and ensuring the Victims' voices are heard. Only 30 years ago, crime victims had no rights, access to crime victim compensation, or services to help rebuild their lives.
They were often excluded from courtrooms, treated as an afterthought by the criminal justice system, and denied an opportunity to speak at sentencing.
Through decades of advocacy and hard work, we have come a long way. Today, all states have crime victims' rights laws and established crime victim compensation funds. Every year, states and localities receive millions of federal dollars to support more than 10,000 victim services agencies throughout the nation.
National Crime Victims' Rights Week reminds us that many challenges remain. Crime victims' rights are not universal and are often overlooked. Not enough victims receive crime victim compensation, which is usually limited to victims of violent crime.
Advocates face a host of new challenges as they strive to provide culturally competent services for increasingly diverse populations and victims of newly prevalent crimes despite reductions in funding.
"New Challenges. New Solutions. captures our mission in the 21st century," said Joye E. Frost, Acting Director, Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice. We must craft a new vision for reaching all victims of crime.
"We can achieve this only by substantially broadening our thinking, strategically planning our future, and creatively expanding our resources and tools."
Together with the Ishpeming Middle School Student Council, faculty, and family members, we will have a tree dedication ceremony today at the Ishpeming Middle School in honor of a local drunk driving victim, Christopher "Bubba" Croley.
It is our hope that the tree dedication ceremony will honor his memory, while celebrating new life, growth and hope that comes from healing and bring awareness to crime victims' rights.
For additional information about victim services in your community, contact Cindy Boyer, Victim/Witness Coordinator, Marquette County Prosecutor's Office, 906-225-8315 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
You can also visit the Office for Victims of Crime website, www.ovc.gov.
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In my last post, I experimented with spelt flour in a country bread. The flavor was very appealing with slight nutty undertones and the bread came out great! However, I'm never satisfied with my last bread and always want to push into new areas. So I decided to increase the spelt in the formula from 10% to 20%.
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When you take a photo with your Smartphone, your camera, or other device, simply connect the device to your PC or Mac and WinWatermark will detect the device and allow you to import your images straight into WinWatermark. Of course you can also Drag a photo or an entire folder of images and Drop onto WinWatermark as well. Your import will create a Library so that you can select one or all of your images for batch photo processing.
Add dimension to everything you do! Most watermark applications still look like small utilities and do not offer Full Screen Mode operations. We think that when you add a watermark to an image, you should be able to view your watermarks and images using your entire screen. In WinWatermark, you can browse, edit, and share your photos in while enjoying a maximized workspace.
Eliminate the confusion and hassle of creating duplicates. No more trying to figure out what images are what…in some giant photo directory. Library: A Library is created for each import into WinWatermark. This stores your original images. Album: An Album is created for each Export. The export creates copies of your originals with any applied watermarks you have added. The Library allows you to view, select and edit images based on the import or project you are working on. Once you add watermarks, resize images, convert file format, or batch rename photos, simply press the process icon and a Album will be created. Your original photos are safe in the LIbrary and your processed images are ready to publish and share in your Album.
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We have a simple management system that will keep you organized when you are working with your photos.
Eliminate the confusion and hassle of creating duplicates. No more trying to figure out what images are what…in some giant photo directory.
Library: A Library is created for each import into WinWatermark. This stores your original images.
Album: An Album is created for each Export. The export creates copies of your originals with any applied watermarks you have added.
The Library allows you to view, select and edit images based on the import or project you are working on. Once you add watermarks, resize images, convert file format, or batch rename photos, simply press the process icon and a Album will be created. Your original photos are safe in the LIbrary and your processed images are ready to publish and share in your Album.
Odds are you are working with many photos at once… even hundreds. Full screen mode offers you the advantage of a maximized workspace but you may want to take a closer look at one or more images in your batch. With the Image viewer, you can enlarge the image thumbnail and bring your image front and center. Go from picture to picture and take a closer look at your subjects. Use the Image viewer to eliminate underexposed or dull images from your library…or to simply enjoy clicking through the enlarged view or your photo Album…
We have one simple rule here at Simple Soft, LLC…Keep it simple!
After you Import your images, click the Edit icon. This puts WinWatermark into Edit Mode. To add a Text Watermark, click the "T" TEXT watermark icon. As you will see, the TEXT watermark dialog offers you many options. Simply type your desired text into the text entry window. You may select one of many fonts, or add your own font. You can set the location of the text watermark by choosing any one of the placement icons or, you an adjust the text watermark position using the X/Y axis controls. Select Manual, Tile, and Stretch modes as well. You can also use the Opacity slider to make your watermark transparent. Once you add a text watermark to your image, you may apply the watermark to the selected image, or to ALL images. Click on the "More Effects" button to enable shadows, backgrounds, and other TEXT effects such as Emboss, Outline, Engrave, and Translucency.
Add your Logo to your photos and more…
Besides adding TEXT watermarks to your images, you can also watermark photos with your LOGO, or apply a fun stamp or caption. Simply click the "Image" watermark icon to view the Image Watermark Dialog. Select from a variety of image watermark categories like Symbols, Stamps, Clip Art, and more. To add your own logo to the selection, simply click the "Add" icon to import your own logo into WinWatermark. Once you have imported your logo, simply select it as your desired image watermark. You can place you image watermark using the placement icons, fade the logo out using the Opacity slider, and more.
Watermark using Copyright and Trademark Symbols … ©, ®, ™
Lets eliminate the confusion and hassle of creating copyright symbols using your keyboard. With WinWatermark, you can simply check the desired symbol you seek and click apply. It;s that easy. Click "EXIF Template/Symbols" button on the text watermark dialog. Here you can easily check the symbol you seek. Once you have made you selection, click OK and the selected symbol will be added to your TEXT watermark. Want the Symbol bigger? WinWatermark treats the symbol the same as text so you can use the Font Size selector to enlarge the symbol as well as all other font size, color, placement, alignment ,and opacity controls.
Almost all digital cameras save JPEG files with EXIF (Exchangeable Image File) data. Camera settings and scene information are recorded by the camera into the image file. Examples of stored information are shutter speed, date and time a photo was taken, focal length, exposure compensation, metering pattern and if a flash was used.
One of the quickest ways to watermark your photos is by using the EXIF template.
Click "EXIF Template/Symbols" button on the text watermark dialog. Here you can see the many options available to you from the image EXIF data. You may select date and time as your watermark, or choose from the other available options. Once you have made you selection, click OK and the selected EXIF data will be added to your TEXT watermark. Just as any text watermark, WinWatermark treats the EXIF data the same as any text so you can use the Font Size selector to enlarge the data as well as all other font size, color, placement, alignment, and opacity controls.
Thanks to WinWatermark, your edits are only applied to copies of the originals.
In other words… if you goof up, just try again!
Ever snap a great photo just to learn that your finder was over the edge of the lens? Our crop tool lets you trim, or eliminate, the edges of an image, focus on the main subject, remove background distractions, or "Zoom in" on the image focal point.
Of course not every photo you take needs cropping. However, the visual impact of many photos can be greatly improved when thoughtfully cropped. Learn how to Crop images in WinWatermark!
Fully automatic cameras are sometimes not so fully automatic…. If you import an image and the orientation is wrong, just rotate the image using our orientation icons. Rotate Left or Right to move from Portrait to Landscape. You can even flip and toggle the image to its inverse.
Resize for Email, Facebook, and more…
One of the joys of photography is being able to share your images with family and friends. Have you ever emailed an image to a friend but then realized it was not deliverable because the image size was so huge. Rather than loading up people's email boxes with really big files or struggling with how to resize photos. WinWatermark has the solution.
Simply click the resize icon and check "Optimize for email." Your HUGE images will be resized as lightweight copies of the original that can be sent along with several other images to your friends or clients. Go from 1832 x1384 pixels with a file size is 1.2MB, to 350 x 240 with a files size pf 45k…in a single click!
No need to move back and forth between WinWatermark and your email application. WinWatermark can send email with your attached photos using its own send-mail feature. Using Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail… No problem, Winwatermark has integrated support for all popular web based email clients.
Speaking of sharing images with family and friends, WinWatermark can also optimize your image size for sharing with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Flickr.
Batch rename files with a variety of options…
With WinWatermark you can quickly and easily rename your image files one at a time or batch rename all your image files at once. WinWatermark offers a variety of innovative file rename features to create consistent and, most importantly, meaningful names. With a few simple clicks, you can rename files by sequence number, date, time, name, or combination of settings. Shorten long file names, rename image files from 103.jpg to Summer_Vacation_001.jpg, and so on.
Rename functions also support metadata such as EXIF. By using metadata, you can organize, sort, and rename files automatically. Despite its diversity of functions, the rename functions of WinWatermark are very simple to use. With WinWatermark, meaningless image names are a thing of the past!
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Dress up your images with frames
Not only can you add text watermarks, resize photos and batch rename images in WinWatermark, but you can also dress up your photos with custom frames. Give your images that finishing touch. Add a solid color frame, translucent frame, beveled edge frame or one that uses a pattern. Images look better with frames and stand out. Enhance the beauty of your images and make them even more dramatic. Make your work pop with WinWatermark digital photo frames.
Working with photos should be fun. By selecting "Templates" in the frame dialog, you can choose one of many of our party or special occasion templates. Is your subject having a birthday? Celebrate the holidays, announce the arrival of your bundle of joy, tell your friends to save the date. Perhaps it's Halloween or Valentines Day… Whatever the occasion, use one of our fun image templates to celebrate your event. Whatever you choose, your special photo will be one-of-a-kind and ready to impress your friends on Facebook or print the image out for your scrapbook!
WinWatermark works with your Webcam
You can use your computer's webcam right from WinWatermark by clicking on the Webcam icon on the main toolbar. Snap a photo of yourself and import into an existing Library or new Library. Then personalize the image and share on social networks like Facebook, or email to your friends.
To use your webcam with WinWatermark:
- Make sure your webcam is connected to your PC or Mac, then initiate the capture by clicking the Webcam icon on the main toolbar.
- WinWatermark's Webcam viewer will then launch and you will see yourself in the cameras viewing area.
- Next, Click the "Take Photo" button and a countdown will be displayed 3 – 2 – 1 SNAP!
- Your image will be shown to you with an option to import into WinWatermark or discard.
Snap as many photo's as you like and then personalize and share them with your friends on Facebook!
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Emailing a photo usually means switching between your email application to your pictures folder to attach a file and back again. With WinWatermark's built-in email client, you can personalize and send your images without leaving WinWatermark. Just select the photos you want to send from your WinWatermark Album, and click the email icon on the main toolbar. WinWatermark automatically attaches your images and can optimize your photo's for email so your attachments are never too big to send. You may of course attach high-resolution versions of your photos for your recipient to download as well. WinWatermark integrates with popular email services like Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Windows Live Hotmail, and AOL.
WinWatermark has native support for Dropbox. Dropbox is a free service that allows you to store you images on the cloud. This means that any images you save to your Dropbox folder on your PC or Mac, will automatically be saved on the web in your online Dropbox pictures folder. That's cool and it's FREE.
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WinWatermark features Industry-Standard Encoding Support. Convert your images from one file format to another like .PNG to .JPG and more. WinWatermark allows you to convert between most key formats such as JPEG, PDF, RAW, GIF, PNG and others.
WinWatermark can Read and Write a variety of popular image formats. Use the simple drop down menu on the Export dialog to export your images in your desired format. You can also adjust the quality of the exported image to reduce file size.
Once you are done making your images their best, you may want to print them out. Of course WinWatermark has native support for the supported printers on your PC or Mac. You can even enjoy print preview and page setup controls. Many utilities lack print support and you must print from the Explorer view on PC or the Finder view on Mac. Not winwatermark…. Simply select the images you want to print in your Library or Album and click the print icon. We have made it east to share your photos and email your images to your friends and clients, and to print your final edits out on your preferred paper or photo quality stock.
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Hideyoshi's Legendary Pokémon Reshiram!
Zekrom is a powerful Pokémon partnered with Nobunaga, working to block your path to victory. The Legendary Pokémon Reshiram fights as Hideyoshi's partner against Zekrom in Pokémon Conquest.
A special episode featuring Reshiram will be available via the Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection* service on JULY 30th!
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Mythical Pokémon in the Ransei Region
According to an old legend, if the 17 Kingdoms of the Ransei region are united, the Mythical Pokémon that built the Ransei region will appear. Capturing this Pokémon is one reason the Warriors of Ransei fight.
The Warriors have a variety of motives for seeking out the Mythical Pokémon.
Nobunaga's Second Partner—Black Rayquaza!
Zekrom isn't Nobunaga's only partner. Nobunaga is also accompanied by Rayquaza, a powerful Dragon-type Pokémon like Zekrom. Nobunaga's Rayquaza differs from the normal Rayquaza in the Pokémon series, having a characteristic black color!


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Estimated grade. Ex. Kelly Sold by David Akers Numismatics May '98 Price realized $1320
Doug Winter: The 1880-O is the first of the three New Orleans eagles sandwiched between the rare, low-mintage issues of 1879-O and 1883-O.
The 1880-O eagle is a relatively easy issue to locate in VF and EF grades. It becomes scarce in the lower AU grades and it is very scarce in AU55 to AU58. In Uncirculated it is extremely rare with only four or five currently known. This includes one or two that are Choice to Very Choice.
STRIKE: This is an issue that is usually found with a good strike. The centers on both the obverse and reverse are mostly full, with strong hair and feather detail. Some of the stars may show weakness at the centers and lack complete radial line definition. On many 1880-O eagles the tops of the 8's are weakly impressed.
SURFACES: The surfaces are nearly always very heavily abraded but it is slightly less difficult to find an 1880-O eagle with acceptable surfaces than it is an 1881-O or 1882-O. I have seen a number or 1880-O eagles that had light copper spots on the surfaces.
LUSTER: The luster is better than on the 1881-O and 1882-O eagles. Most 1880-O eagles are very frosty with some occasional areas of prooflike flash seen. I have seen a few that were reflective enough to almost be designated as a full prooflike. The luster is often disturbed by numerous abrasions on the surfaces.
COLORATION: A fairly wide range of colors have been seen on examples of this date. These range from a light green-gold to a deeper orange-gold. Some have a coppery patina at the border which gives a sort of two-tone contrast to the centers. Lower grade pieces can still be found with original color but higher grade 1880-O eagles are invariably dipped or brightened to enhance their luster.
EYE APPEAL: This date has better overall eye appeal than the other New Orleans eagles from this era. The strike is generally good and the surfaces, while generally bagmarked, do not show the extensive abrasions seen on the 1881-O or the 1882-O. This issue is characterized by good luster and natural color and higher grade pieces can be very attractive, although such coins are becoming harder and harder to find.
DIE CHARACTERISTICS: The first six stars are double punched. There are no significant die characteristics on the reverse.
MAJOR VARIETIES: There is a single variety known.
Variety One: The date is very slightly closer to the truncation than to the denticles. The mintmark is small and heavy with the right side heavier than the left. It is close to the arrow feather and placed almost at the far left side of the N in TEN.


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The first edition of the Marine Newsletter
1. Featured Projects
UNGA Regular Process – collaboration between GRID-Arendal and UNEP-WCMC: GRID-Arendal and UNEP-WCMC are working together on a UNEP-funded, collaborative project to continue to support the Lead Agencies (UNEP and UNESCO-IOC) work towards a Regular Process for global assessment and reporting on the state of the marine environment, including socio-economic factors. The project aims to develop a prototype knowledge management centre to support the functioning of a future Regular Process and present its public face. It is anticipated this phase will be completed by the end of 2009 and presented for consideration to the Lead Agencies and Group of Experts.
UNEP Shelf Programme: After the busy period leading to the deadline in May 2009 the UNEP Shelf Programme is now engaged in supporting further work on the establishment of the outer limits of the continental shelf in two of the main regions in which the work could not be completed prior to the deadline. A focused effort is underway in order to compile as much data as possible offshore NW Africa that will allow for an assessment of the need for acquisition of new data in that region in order to complete the delineation process. Also, continued support will be given to SIDS (Small Island Developing States) in the South Pacific in the form of workshops/working sessions which will take place next year and for which the preparations are ongoing. Additionally targeted support in the form of data provision, work sessions and training courses is being given to countries like Seychelles, Maldives, Vanuatu, United States, Costa Rica, Tanzania and Bangladesh (see upcoming and past events for more information).
2. Data and Products
EarthWire Marine
Have you checked out our online service for ocean-related news? Provided by GRID-Arendal, EarthWire Marine collects news from a wide range of media sources on the Internet, press releases and news from research organisations, environmental organizations and the public sector, and across a series of topics, all related to the marine environment. On the site you can sign up for a daily e-mail update or get an RSS newsfeed.
If you like this service, please help us spread the word to your contacts and networks. Perhaps your organisation/institute could help us market it further by placing a link on its website. If you are interested in this, please contact Rannveig Nilsen. We would also like you to tell us if you know of any good websites that regularly provide marine news stories, so we can add them to the service.
Visit web site: earthwire.org/marine
Blue Carbon: The Role of Healthy Oceans in Binding Carbon
A Rapid Response Assessment (RRA) report launched 14 October, 2009, Cape Town, South Africa.
Compiled by experts at GRID-Arendal and UNEP in collaboration with the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the UNESCO International Oceanographic Commissions and other institutions, the report highlights the critical role of the oceans and ocean ecosystems as another piece of the jigsaw contributing to maintaining our climate and in assisting policy makers to mainstream an oceans agenda into national and international climate change initiatives. The report is available for download here.
Continental Shelf: The Last Maritime Boundary
A comprehensive overview report on the status of the process of establishing the limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 M.
Written and illustrated by the UNEP Shelf Programme and communications/cartography experts of GRID/Arendal this report will be released before the end of this year. Available as hard copies and on our website soon!
3. Events
Recent events
Seminars/meetings/conferences where representatives from the Marine Programme have participated:
Upcoming events
30 November – 11 December
Arendal, Norway: A Bangladeshi delegation constituted by officers working in the Continental Shelf project will visit our offices to participate in a working session with the UNEP Shelf Programme. Mr. Harald Brekke, member of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will also join the working session during the first week. The work session will focus on the review of the work done so far by the continental shelf team on the bathymetric and seismic data analysis.
4. Other
GRID-Arendal and InterRidge to sign Letter of Collaboration
GRID-Arendal and InterRidge are pleased to announce a Letter of Agreement (LoA) to be signed, to the establishment of a framework for cooperation on a number of marine environmental, scientific and resource issues. This will be the first LoA in which InterRidge is a signatory. LoA's are routinely used at GRID-Arendal for non-binding expressions of cooperation.
Read more on our website: http://www.grida.no/marine/news.aspx?id=3925
Learn more about InterRidge here: http://www.interridge.org/
Did you know that…
…the first hydrothermal sulphide systems were discovered in the Pacific in 1977?
…seafloor massive sulphide (SMS) deposits can contain localized concentrations of copper, lead, zinc, gold and silver?
Our favorite website of the month
Blue Climate Solutions: http://sites.google.com/site/blueclimatesolutions/home


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I inherited my pale complexion from my Irish ancestors, but as a life-long beach lover, I refer to it as my unfair skin, because I've been burned to a painful, cooked-lobster crisp—a lot.
The invention of sunscreen was a welcome development for sure, but I found most had drawbacks. The search for the perfect formula ended during a recent trip to Las Vegas, where I spent a couple of 100-degree afternoons lolling on a chaise lounge poolside at the Bellagio.
Since I didn't pack any sun protection, I had to buy some at the hotel. The saleswoman recommended the Hampton Sun Continuous Mist Sunscreen, with the comment, "It's the best." She was right.
The nonaerosol spray is light, with a consistent flow from any angle, and it smells nice. What I love most about it is it covers evenly, so after four hours under the dry desert sun, I had none of the interesting zigzags and dots of sunburn I typically wind up with after using other brands of sunblock. Even better, once the oil-free block dried on my skin, I didn't even notice it was there. The UVA/UVB broad-spectrum protection spray is very water-resistant—a good thing since on a hot Vegas afternoon, several dips in the pool were required.
Hampton Sun Continuous Mist Sunscreen, available in 15, 35 and 55 SPF, includes good-for-your-skin aloe vera, vitamins A, C and E, and Polycrylene—just approved by the FDA for enhancing sunscreen protection. It's a sure bet, in Vegas and everywhere else.
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Short Amazon: Do You Have the Guts?
Remember, only about 2.3% of AMZN's float is held short. About 8.5 million shares. Contrast that to Lululemon (LULU) where shorts make up about one-fifth of the float.
AMZN bearishness is not commensurate with the short interest. But why?
TheStreet's Doug Kass, who writes for our Real Money and Real Money Pro premium services , gave me a sane, logical and correct answer last week on Twitter: Never ever short valuation, R .
Tough to argue with that, particularly when the wisdom comes from Kass.
That's what the AMZN bears base their pessimism on: Valuation and the belief that there's something wrong with the world beyond their limited view of it. The market is irrational. Investors who continue to not only support, but bid up AMZN stock are idiots.
It's the classic case of building a wall around a stubborn opinion and repeating it over and over again with this sense that destiny owes you a new result sooner rather than later.
AMZN's trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio of around 3,000 is all some people need to get bearish. I'll admit. That's pretty incredible -- 3,000! That's just off of the charts in any day and age.
AMZN bears refuse to put valuation in its proper context though. They do not situate it historically or think of it in conjunction with the massive long-term opportunity Jeff Bezos confidently chases at the expense of the bottom line. Not at all. They see the number. They're bears. Simplistic and straightforward.
So, I ask again, why don't they short the stock?
Kass gives us part of the answer, but, with all due respect to that small, yet vocal peanut gallery of AMZN bears, I'm not sure they're smart enough to adhere to such disciplined logic. Or maybe they're just not "dumb" enough to actually put their money where their mouth is.
Folks who shorted Netflix (NFLX) as it ran to $300 in 2011 absolutely did not do it on the basis of valuation and valuation alone. In fact, for the shorts who made the most compelling cases, it rarely came back to valuation. It came down to the business model, a doomed international expansion, uncertain market opportunity and the low likelihood that Netflix could leverage it without missteps.
It was much easier to talk the talk and walk the walk with Netflix because you had factors other than valuation -- such as incompetent management and tons of competent competition -- driving the core of the short case.
I personally know several folks who were short NFLX as it moved on air to $300. Some hedged. A few panicked. A couple couldn't take it and covered, but, by and large, these cats stood pat or added to the position. They became more bearish, more certain of their conviction the higher NFLX went. You can say the same about the AMZN bear's sentiment, however -- and this is key -- you can't say they're locked into short positions.


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The Faculty Records office is part of the Office of the Provost and VPAA. Our office is located in JCK 1015.
The mission of Faculty Records centers on providing personnel, budget, and other logistical support for the division of Academic Affairs. The office processes all faculty and academic administrative position requests, searches, appointments, re-appointments, and contracts, in addition to other related personnel matters. Faculty Records supports tenure and promotion processes.
Salary review, including merit and performance, and budget development for Academic Affairs are administered through the office. The office supports the associate provost and provost in managing, tracking, and monitoring allocation of faculty positions and resources within the division.
Faculty Records also processes faculty workload reports, monitors academic policy and procedure statements, maintains permanent records for faculty, and manages faculty awards programs.
Our site offers information relating to academic policies and procedures, faculty employment, and many other informative tools for use by faculty and staff.
Electronic PCR Processing for faculty and graduate students in the Academic Affairs Division training and resources are available. Training is provided upon a periodic basis for summer appointments and individual training is also available.
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This course is a Web-based training session on the newly developed ITS Deployment Analysis System (IDAS) software. IDAS provides ITS sketch planning capability to calculate the relative costs and benefits of ITS investments. IDAS incorporates a cost module, a benefit module and an internal travel demand model to generate cost/benefit comparisons for alternative ITS deployment scenarios. IDAS uses the output from an existing transportation planning model to establish a best-case scenario on which the user can deploy ITS services on specific links in the regional transportation network model.
The participant's computer should have the following recommended requirements: 500 MHz Intel Pentium II Processor or equivalent with 128 MB of RAM, Windows 2000, Windows NT, or Windows XP, color monitors, 2 GB of available disk space.
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Environmental & Energy Conservation Advisory Board
The Environmental and Energy Conservation Advisory Board shall recommend to the Council best practices that encourage conservation and environmental sustainability. The board shall strive to make Gilbert an environmentally sustainable model community through strong citizen involvement and leadership.
Vision - "Make Gilbert an environmentally sustainable model community through strong citizen involvement and committed leadership"
Mission Statement - "Advise the Town Council on policy, programs and services to Advance environmental sustainability and place the Town of Gilbert at the forefront as it plans, manages and conserves resources"
Meeting Calendar
Environmental and Energy Conservation Advisory Board Meeting
- Date: 01/15/2014 6:00 PM
- Location: Municipal Building I, Conference Room 300
50 E Civic Center Dr
Gilbert, Arizona 85296
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The Environmental and Energy Conservation Advisory Board meets as needed. Please check above calendar scheduled meetings.
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Agendas and notices are posted at least 24 hours prior to a meeting or event. Agendas are removed from the website after the meeting.
Draft minutes are posted to the website within three working days of a meeting. The draft minutes contain all legal action taken.
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Shatzie Ranch
Want to live almost Every Texans' Dream? Try this Beautiful Ranch located in the middle of the wonderful Texas Hill Country between Brady, TX and Mason, TX! You will have the ranch all to your self on 200 acres located on the San Saba River. When looking for Texas Hill Country bed and breakfasts, don't overlook this bed and breakfast that's only 10 minutes from Brady, TX and 20 minutes from Mason, Texas. Shatzie Ranch is a can be used by a couple, a family reunion, or a corporate executives meeting. This ranch is packed with upscale extras too numerous to mention. The photos really don't do justice to this amazing retreat. If you are looking for a Mason Texas B & B or Brady TX lodging, come stay for a weekend or extend your relaxation to a week or month. Relax; enjoy the wildlife, the clean air and the peace and quite Shatzie Ranch offers. See a lot more pictures of the ranch Here.
- Located on a beautiful ranch in between Brady and Mason, Texas
- 200 Texas Hill Country Acres
- Beautiful San Saba River
- Fishing in the San Saba River
- Many Species of Exotic Game on Ranch For Your Viewing Pleasure
- Native Wildlife abounds, including Trophy White-tailed Deer and Wild Turkey
- Continental Plus Breakfast
- Cook on hand
- 10-Foot Game Fence surrounds property
- Convenient location
- Large Outdoor Patio
- Swimming Pool (25 foot diameter, 5 feet deep with significant decking around the pool)
- All Buildings have Central heat and air
- Several BBQ Grills
- Fire Pit
- Great Views
- Private and Secluded setting
- Plenty of Parking
- 4 Bedrooms
- 1 King-size bed Downstairs
- 2 Queen-size beds Upstairs
- 3 Twin Beds in 3rd Bedroom
- 3 Baths: 1 Downstairs (shower only), 2 Upstairs (1 shower only, 1 tub/shower combo.)
- Covered Porch on bottom floor
- Covered Porch Upstairs with table and chairs
- Upscale, Cowboy Chic Decor
- One-of-a-kind Art
- 4 Dish TVs- Big Screen in Living room and 1 in each bedroom
- 4 VCRs
- 4 DVD Players
- Full Kitchen with utensils
- Ceiling Fans
- 2 person swing on porch
- Antiques
- Alarm Clock
- Telephone
- Designer Linens
- Robes
- Clothes Washer and Dryer
- Two pull out sofas and two air beds
- 1 Bath with shower/Jacuzzi tub combo
- Dining Table that sits 12
- Full Kitchen
- Pool Table
- Fireplace
- Big Screen
- Dish TV
- Central Heat and Air
- Large Covered Front Porch adjacent to the Patio
- Fire pit Wood Supplied
- Regulation Shuffleboard
- Darts
- Relaxing and Fun decor
- Living Room area
- Large Like New Manufactured Home
- One pull out sofa sleeper
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2 Bath- 1 with shower only, 1 with shower and double Jacuzzi Bathtub
- Large Living room
- Full Kitchen
- Covered front Porch
- Covered Back
- Wooden Deck
- BBQ Pit
- Central Heat and Air
- Upscale Decor
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- Rates starting at $399.00 per night for 1 or 2 guests
- $50.00 for each additional person per night
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- Game Room: 8
- Manufactured Home: 8
- Ideal for Reunions - Call for Pricing
- $1500.00 deposit required
- $1500.00 damage deposit required before booking is confirmed. Refundable only if reservation is cancelled at least 15 days prior to arrival date, or after check out and inspection of property. Non-refundable if guest cancels within 15 days or does not show up for scheduled reservation.
- A Release of Liability must be signed before arrival
- No Pets
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- No Hunting or Guns Allowed
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Ready For Vacation
I'm so ready for this little trip to Arizona. We will only be gone three days but it's three warm and sunny days that I need like you wouldn't believe. I'm feeling a bit sick today which worries me. I hope it's just that I'm rundown and need sun and relaxation. Hopefully once I'm there, I will start feeling better. Cross your fingers for me, please.
This outfit is my easy outfit. Jeans, flow-y top, leather jacket and boots. Throwing on a big leopard infinity scarf is just an added cozy piece. When I'm not feeling well, having what feels like a blanket laying across my chest somehow makes me feel better. It's like I'm tricking myself into thinking I'm still in bed.
Have a great weekend you all. I will check in with all of your blogs on Monday.
Jacket: 6 Shore Road via Gilt
Jeans: J Brand
Blouse: LC for Kohl's
Scarf: Express
Boots: Aldo
Sunglasses: Ray Ban
Bag: DKNY
11 comments:
- Ashley said...
I would wear this outfit right now if I had the appropriate pieces to put it together. Alas.
No hugs if you're a sickface! Okay, maybe one. Did I ever tell you I'm a germaphobe? It's not that bad, but kinda. I will hand sani up before we eat, and you will love it and think I'm so quirky.
What are you wearing?
On Saturday, I mean.
P.S. Your aerial hot shorts are HOT STUFF.
- March 21, 2012 at 11:11 AM
- silvergirl said...
oh, have fun!!
just sit in the sun for 15 min when you get there and I bet you will feel like a new woman.
- March 21, 2012 at 12:42 PM
- rlutz said...
Hope you have a wonderful and relaxing vacation!!
- March 21, 2012 at 1:43 PM
- Tiffany said...
Oh no!! I hope you don't end up sick for your vaycay! Take some vitamin C and feel better fast!!
- March 21, 2012 at 2:42 PM
- Gracey at Fashion for Giants said...
Oh, no, I hope you're not getting sick. Have a wonderful vacation. Enjoy the sun!
- March 21, 2012 at 5:54 PM
- Tinfoil Tiaras said...
Leopard, pink ,leather and kick ass boots- you can't go wrong! My man has been convincing me that when we move to San Fran (the current plan) it will be sunny and warm but hark is that not the case? *gasp!* I hope you have an amazing time in AZ!!!
- March 21, 2012 at 8:02 PM
- Halie said...
Love the jacket. Perfect for traveling. Have an awesome time in sunny Arizona!
- March 22, 2012 at 11:31 AM
- Shybiker said...
You're so stylish. Yet again, I wish I were you.
Have fun!
- March 23, 2012 at 7:25 AM
- dressed to please said...
Hey Honey, I found your Blog, i Love Your Style. Great Style & Nice Blog. I follow YOU, i hope you follow me back. Kisses from germany ;**
- March 23, 2012 at 7:35 AM
- Kat said...
I hope you're not sick! If you are it's a bit of a catch-22 - you don't want to waste your well-earned time off, but it gives you an opportunity to rest and recover faster than during your usual routine. Come back well-rested!!
I LOVE this look. It's a beautiful moto jacket and I like the pink skirt peeking out underneath (redheads CAN wear pink). I feel the same way when I add a scarf to an outfit :)
- March 24, 2012 at 1:28 PM
- Simply Bubblelicious said...
Hope you are having fun!
- March 25, 2012 at 3:12 PM


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University of Vermont
Transferring from UVM to another U.S. School
If you are currently an international student attending UVM and have applied and been accepted to another institution within the U.S., OIE will need to transfer your F-1 program in SEVIS. This is a separate procedure from the academic transfer you must complete.
Prior to requesting a transfer from OIE, please contact the International Student Services Office at your new institution and inquire about any paperwork or procedures they require. To ensure a smooth transfer process, please ask your new international office for their SEVIS school code and provide it to your OIE coordinator.
In order to prevent errors, we also ask that you provide proof of admission to your new institution prior to transfer.
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