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My overall objective is to improve large software systems through the development of novel techniques as well as the application of known engineering principles. Of particular interest to me are programming languages, compilers, debuggers, operating systems, graphics, and other system software.
I am the founder and chief architect of the open source LLVM Compiler Infrastructure project, and serve on the board of directors of the LLVM Foundation. LLVM has grown to include a broad range of compiler, debugger, and runtime library technologies. Assembled out of this technology are things like the Clang compiler, the LLDB debugger, the Clang Static Analyzer, and other low-level tools. LLVM is widely used for academic research projects, has been adopted for commercial use by several companies, and has a broad and growing developer base. For more information, please see the LLVM web page: http://llvm.org/.
I am also the founder and project lead for the Swift Programming Language, which is open source at Swift.org and GitHub. Swift has been steadily and rapidly growing ever since its launch, with over 100,000 apps in the Apple app stores, is installed on millions of developers desks, and is widely loved by people who use it. Since its release as open source, Swift is rapidly growing in the server space and in other domains outside of the traditional Apple developer community.
Beyond my work on the LLVM and Swift projects, I am the Senior Director of the Developer Tools department at Apple. My role is to drive innovation in the programming tools space, as well as manage Apple's developer tools products (including Swift Playgrounds for the iPad, Xcode, and Instruments, along with a variety of low-level toolchain components) for all of Apple's platforms. Developer tools serve a key function that enables all software that Apple ships, as well as powering Apple's app stores.
I am a strong leader and have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written). I occasionally give talks explaining and evangelizing Swift, LLVM, Clang, and other technologies I have worked on.
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In January 2013, I took over management and leadership of the entire Developer Tools department at Apple (> 100 people). In addition to languages (Swift and Objective-C), compilers and low-level tools, I took on responsibility for the Xcode IDE, Instruments performance analysis tool, Apple Java releases, and a variety of internal tools.
In this time period, my team shipped a number of major Xcode releases, including Xcode 4.6, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0 and 6.1, each with major feature enhancements. Some of my more notable contributions include:
When more of my contributions in this timeframe become public, I will elaborate.
This timeframe has included numerous technical and team achievements across a wide range of domains. For example:
I managed the teams responsible for compilers, the LLDB debugger, Objective-C and C++ runtimes, assembler, linker, dynamic loader, etc. I am continuing my work improving the Apple developer tools, and continue to contribute daily to the open source LLVM technologies. During this time period my team switched Mac OS/X Lion and iOS5 to build with llvm-gcc and clang (off of GCC 4.2) and oversaw the final release of Xcode 4.0 in March (as well as subsequent updates).
Xcode 4.2 was a specific achievement in that it is the first release where all of its compilers are LLVM-based (GCC 4.2 is no longer included). Xcode 4.2 also includes the "Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) Objective-C language feature (see also wikipedia). ARC has revolutionized Objective-C programming by automating memory management without the runtime overhead of a garbage collector. I personally defined and drove this feature late in the schedule of iOS5 and Lion. This is notable for the short schedule for the project, the extensive cross-functional work required, and the extensive backwards compatibility issues that had to be addressed (making it a very technically complex problem).
My work in this time period culminated in the release of the Xcode 4 preview at WWDC, which included a preview release of Clang C++ support, a new C++ Standard Library, a much faster and memory efficient system linker, a new X86 assembler (which is integrated into the clang compiler, providing faster compile times), and countless smaller improvements throughout the toolchain.
Xcode 4 itself now features deep integration of the Clang parser for code completion, syntax highlighting, indexing, live warning and error messages, and the new 'Fix-It' feature in which the compiler informs the UI how to automatically corrects small errors. LLVM-GCC is the default compiler in Xcode 4.
The Xcode 4 preview also includes the first public release of LLDB to which I served as a consultant and contributed directly to turning it into an open source project.
In this time period, I was a second level manager running the teams responsible for Clang, LLVM, GCC, and other parts of the Apple toolchain (assembler, linker, etc). I directly managed the Clang team, contributed daily to both the Clang and LLVM projects, and continued in my role as compiler architect and lead on the Open Source LLVM/Clang projects.
During this period my team brought Clang 1.0 to production quality as a brand new C and Objective-C compiler for X86-32 and X86-64. We also productized and shipped the Xcode static analyzer, a new compiler-rt library (which replaced libgcc in Snow Leopard) and many enhancements to existing components in the operating system.
In this time period, my group expanded use of LLVM within Apple, supported new clients, built new features, and extended LLVM in many ways. We shipped llvm-gcc 4.2 in the Xcode 3.1 and major improvements for it in the Xcode 3.1.1 release.
In addition to llvm-gcc, much of the work during this time was focused on Mac OS 10.6 development. I made major contributions to design and implementation of the "Blocks" language feature as well as to the architecture and design of the language and compiler aspects of the OpenCL GPGPU technology.
Finally, during this period I architected and started implementation of a suite of front-end technlogies based on LLVM, named "Clang".
I drove LLVM productization, features and applications at Apple. LLVM link-time optimization support is now integrated into the Apple system linker, and LLVM is used by the Apple OpenGL group for several different purposes. My main contributions during this time was a new llvm-gcc4 front-end, significant improvements to the X86 and PowerPC backends, a wide range of optimization improvements and new optimizers, significant improvement to the target-independent code generator, and leadership for the rest of the team.
I worked on numerous projects at UIUC, the most important being LLVM and Data Structure Analysis (DSA). At Illinois, I designed and built most of the fundamental aspects of LLVM, establishing the architecture for things to come and building most of the scalar, loop and interprocedural optimizers. I also built most of the target-independent code generator, X86 backend, JIT, llvm-gcc3 front-end, and much more. Finally, I wrote many papers.
I worked on the Microsoft Phoenix compiler infrastructure, building an experimental bridge between the Microsoft compiler and the LLVM compiler (which allowed LLVM to compile and run .NET code). In the process, I identified and fixed numerous bugs in the (still in early development) Microsoft compiler.
I virtualized the Linux Kernel to run as a user-level application under the Dynix/PTX operating system. This provided 100% compatibility with existing Linux binaries, but this project was never productized.
I was involved with the 4.5 release of Sequent's PTX OS, which added kernel threads. I was primarily involved porting the Java Virtual Machine from user-level threads to native threads, but was also drive debugged many kernel issues in the pthreads implementation. I also added thread awareness to the system debugger.
I worked 16 hrs/wk developing an online remote kernel debugger based on GDB.
My primary work was to port Sun's Java Virtual Machine to the Dynix/PTX OS. This involved work in both C & Java, in systems as varied as user-level threads, garbage collection, and asynchronous I/O.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Urbana, Illinois - GPA: 4.0
University of Portland - Portland, Oregon - GPA: 3.9
In 2011, I wrote a chapter on LLVM for "The Architecture of Open Source Applications," a book on software design. The chapter describes traditional compiler design, what makes LLVM different, how library-based design impacts applicability of the code, and how some simple optimizations work.
Since joining industry, I rarely take time to write papers about my work, preferring instead to focus on building new great things. That said, LLVM is widely used as a basis for many current and past research projects by other people.


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Oregon Drinking Water Services administers and enforces drinking water quality standards for public water systems in the state of Oregon, focuses resources in the areas of highest public health benefit, and promotes voluntary compliance with state and federal drinking water standards.
The Environmental Public Health Section prevents or minimizes human health effects from hazardous working conditions, injuries, and exposure to hazardous waste and other environmental dangers.
Health Care Regulation and Quality Improvement ensures that Oregonians have wide access to the safe, high-quality health care they need through state licensure and federal Medicare certification of health facilities, providers and suppliers.
The Health Licensing Office protects the health, safety and rights of Oregon consumers by ensuring only qualified applicants are authorized to practice. HLO establishes, communicates and ensures compliance of regulatory standards for multiple health and related professions.
The Oregon Medical Marijuana Program administers the registration program of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, which provides legal protection from state civil and criminal prosecution for qualified patients who comply with program requirements to grow and use marijuana as an alternative medicine.
Radiation Protection Services protects workers and the public from unnecessary and unhealthy radiation exposure. The program is Oregon's sole public resource for accidental or intentional radiation-related incidents.
The Center for Health Protection's primary theme is programs that work with health care facilities and licensing, and environmental health and regulation. Bringing these programs together leverages public health's licensing and regulatory tools and provides a consistent, strong approach to protecting health. Programs in this Center touch every hospital, drinking water system, and restaurant in Oregon.
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By: Maureen Hess, MPH, RD
You probably think about influenza once a year — during the winter months when flu season rolls in as it does every year. But, for FDA, it's a year-round initiative; we are on the front lines of making sure there is an adequate supply of safe and effective vaccine every year. And even though the current flu season is just getting started, we are already making preparations for next year.
Vaccination is the single best way to prevent influenza. Influenza is a contagious respiratory disease caused by a number of different influenza viruses, infecting the nose, throat and lungs. Even if you are healthy, you can pass the influenza virus to someone else one day before symptoms begin, and, you can continue to infect others up to five days after getting sick. Therefore, it's possible for a healthy person to unknowingly spread the virus.
Preparing for influenza season each year is a time-critical, highly orchestrated, collaborative effort by FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), vaccine manufacturers, and the public health community.
FDA is at the center of the process. Working with the WHO and CDC to review disease surveillance and laboratory data, and with the input of our advisory committee, we select the three influenza strains for the vaccine that will be made available in the United States. Once the strains have been selected, work continues to get vaccine manufactured and distributed well before influenza season starts. We inspect the manufacturing facilities and we prepare and provide the reagents used by vaccine manufacturers to verify the vaccine's identity and strength.
FDA also evaluates each manufacturer's vaccine each year for approval and conducts lot release, that is, we perform certain tests and review the results of the manufacturers' tests on the vaccines prior to vaccine distribution. And, we continue to monitor the safety of the vaccines once they are distributed and used to vaccinate the public. The manufacturing demands are tremendous, especially since a new vaccine must be manufactured each year. And, this new vaccine contains not just one but three new vaccine components each year, specifically, the three strains of influenza virus within the seasonal vaccine: one influenza A (H3N2) virus, one influenza A (H1N1) virus, and one influenza B virus.
Why is FDA focused on influenza? Influenza seasons are unpredictable and present a serious public health issue. Vaccination is one of the most important ways to prevent influenza. Influenza can cause various symptoms, which may include fever, cough, sore throat, headache, body aches and chills and tiredness. And the disease can range from mild to serious: over a 30 year period between 1976 and 2006, estimates of seasonal influenza-associated deaths range from a low of about 3,000 to a high of about 49,000 people.
Vaccines to prevent seasonal influenza have a long and successful track record of safety and effectiveness in the United States. The vaccine won't give you the flu, and not only should it protect you from getting sick, it can also make your illness milder if you are exposed to a different influenza virus strain that's not included in the vaccine.
Have you gotten your flu vaccine? It's not too late!
Maureen Hess, MPH, RD, is Health Science Advisor, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, in FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and & Research


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Great to hear some more news and the photos from previous entries are fantastic. Hope the monkey is OK after drinking some of my son's blood ! Best wishes from all here in a rather dull and cold Northumberland. xxx
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29th April - one of our most exciting days all trip - the chance to spot the infamous blue whale. Having booked ourselves onto a tour the previous day we woke early and were chauffeured (by a tuk tuk) to a fishing harbour about an hour south of Galle. We boarded what probably used to be an old fishing boat and headed for the open ocean. The sea was so unbelievably rough, to the extent that if you stood up there was a high chance of being flung overboard (explains the fetching life jackets we were forced to wear). The oversized and seriously unflattering life jacket was soon to be the least of my problems...sea sickness was creeping up on me. I controlled the nausea long enough to thoroughly enjoy the school of dolphins (50-100), who preceded to show off around the boat, it was truly incredible. Unfortunately it was too rough to get any really good pics. I also had to make a quick dash to the toilet! We travelled for about an hour before we saw what we had all been waiting for - a glimpse of the blue whale
30th - our last full day in Galle was spent exploring lots of boutique and antique shops. There were so many lovely items we desperately wanted to buy, but the shops were pretty expensive, and we are already at our weight limit :( That evening we watched the sun setting over the sea, which was a fantastic end to a great few days.
1st May - we packed up and made our way to the train station, in hope that we would have a relatively easy and stress-free journey to Kandy. We arrived at the station only to find out that our train didn't leave for another 3 hours. So we did what any sensible traveller do in this situation - head to the beach. This is what we did. It was a very stupid idea! We ended up being very hot, sweaty and covered in sand, with a 6 hour train journey still to come. Nevertheless, Unawatuna beach was gorgeous, and we were blessed with glorious weather (after several grey, wet days). After having our fill of sun, sea and sand we made our way back to the station and onwards to Kandy.


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Search Committee for Binghamton University president established
BINGHAMTON, NY – Binghamton University's Presidential Search Committee has been established and will be chaired by Kathryn Grant Madigan, Esq., chair of the Binghamton University Council. The committee includes 17 voting members, one non-voting SUNY representative and a campus liaison.
The committee:
Kathryn Grant Madigan, Esq., Committee Chair
Partner, Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP,
Binghamton University Council, chair and
Binghamton University Foundation, director
Michelle Adams '94,
Executive Director, The Association for a Better New York and
Alumni Association representative
Thomas Doty,
Binghamton University Council, member
Kathryn Howard,
Undergraduate student
Bonnie Jenson,
Personnel Assistant, Human Resources and
Professional Employees Council, chair
Wayne Jones,
Professor/Chair, Department of Chemistry
Thomas Kelly,
Professor, School of Management,
Former Vice President for External Affairs and
Former Dean, School of Management
David Lavallee,
SUNY Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (interim)
Jared McShall,
Graduate student, Department of Psychology
James Orband '81,
Managing Partner, Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP,
Binghamton University Council, member and
Binghamton University Foundation, director
Timothy Perry,
Professor/Chair, Department of Music
Matthew Salanger,
President/CEO, United Health Services and
Binghamton University Council, member
Edward Shephard,
Head of Collection Development, University Libraries
Gale Spencer,
Distinguished Teaching Professor/Decker Chair in Community Health Nursing, Decker School of Nursing
Krishnaswami "Hari" Srihari,
Dean, Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dawnie Steadman,
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Mark Zurack '78,
Adjunct professor/consultant, Columbia University and retired managing director, Goldman Sachs
Aimee Bernstein,
Associate Vice Chancellor, SUNY, non-voting
Laura L. O'Neil, Executive Assistant to the President and
Campus Staff Liaison
A website has been developed to provide updates on the search process. The site – at http://www2.binghamton.edu/presidential-search/index.html - also presents visitors an opportunity to provide comments and feedback on the search.


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Monroe Crossing to participate in 'History of Bluegrass' workshop, concert in Pequot Lakes
Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts will bring two back-to-back musical opportunities to Pequot Lakes on Saturday, Feb. 9, featuring Monroe Crossing, a bluegrass and gospel quintet.
Monroe Crossing will lead a one-hour workshop on "The History of Bluegrass" from 4-5 p.m. in the Pequot Lakes High School choir room, and will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Pequot Lakes High School auditorium.
Attend both programs for the price on the concert ticket. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors (age 60 and older) and $8 for youth.
Tickets for this family-style entertainment are on sale now through the Pequot Lakes Community Education office. Call 218-568-9200 to reserve a ticket for both activities.
For more information, go to www.glapa.info.
More information is available at www.monroecrossing.com.
This activity is funded, in part, by the Minnesota State Arts Board through the arts and cultural heritage fund.


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I'm new here. I've been throwing for a number of years, but always in a classroom setting. I've done a little kiln work (loading and unloading) and have fired an electric kiln, but have no experience with setting up a studio
I salvaged an electric kiln recently. I'm guessing it's at least 30 years old, but the price was right (free!). I'm not entirely certain that it works, and since it's been sitting for some time, I'm inclined to think it doesn't. The kiln is a Skutt, model 181. There is no instruction manual, though I'm trying to get one. I'm planning to fire to cone 5. The specs on the panel on it's side are as follows:
3 wire
20 amp
4600 watts
Fires to cone 6
We recently bought a house in a rural setting, and I'm in the process of setting up a studio. One of outbuildings used to house the RV of the previous owner. It is covered, and there is an outlet in which they used to power the RV. The outlet has a matching plug to the kiln, but is marked 110v/30amp. I know I need an electrician in order to make the outlet and kiln compatible, but I'd like to know a little ahead of time, before I call one! I'm ignorant when it comes to electricity... Will this be a simple conversion?
I'm also wondering if any of you could recommend a good book on electric kiln repair. I've been to Amazon, and have a couple in my shopping cart, but which would you recommend??
Electric Kiln Questions From A Newbie
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Posted 11 October 2010 - 09:27 AM
Further reading tells me that 115v and 110v is the same? And 30amp is great for a kiln that uses 20amp? So my kiln is compatible with the outlet??
Posted 11 October 2010 - 03:37 PM
Your best bet is to contact skutt either through their website or by phone to tech services.
They know the kiln and can give you the most accurate advice.
I don't think anyone would advise you to plug it in and run it without doing this and perhaps
also involving an electrician.
They know the kiln and can give you the most accurate advice.
I don't think anyone would advise you to plug it in and run it without doing this and perhaps
also involving an electrician.
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Posted 11 October 2010 - 07:19 PM
You might also want to consider talking with someone in your area who does electric kiln installation/repairs. He/she could look over the kiln and give you an assessment of the elements, controls, etc. before you plug it in -- something an electrician can not do (unless they are also potters). The advice will be worth the cost of the service call. At a minimum you will want a cut-off switch installed at the outbuilding so you can disconnect power in case of an emergency or when the kiln is not operating. You should also have the electrician look over the circuit panel in your house. One thing to consider is the distance from the house/main panel to the outbuilding. The electrical consumption of the RV is likely less than what you will need for the kiln, so even if the ratings are similar, you still might want a more heavy duty line to the out building.
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Photo Gallery: Jet crashes into hangar at Chino Airport
CHINO - A small passenger jet struck a hangar Thursday evening at Chino Airport, leading to concerns of a fuel leak and evacuations of nearby hangars, according to federal aviation officials.
The plane was on chocks for an engine run-up test when the Bombadier Challenger came off the chocks, traveled about 100 yards and into Encore Jet Center in the 8300 block of Kimball Avenue at the airport, said Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration. No one was injured.
The mechanics were checking the engine, and the plane's tires were on chocks. FAA officials weren't sure why the jet came off the chocks and went into the hangar.
The incident took place after hours, said Chino valley Fire District authorities, so there weren't many employees inside the hangar at the time of the crash. Those who were inside were able to get out of the business quickly. No one inside was injured.
A witness said the sound of the plane hitting the hangar was like a bomb going off.
The crash was reported shortly after 6 p.m.
First responders shut off electricity because of concerns about a fuel leak, however fire officials later said there was no fuel leak.
Four adjacent hangars and businesses within those hangars were evacuated.
Dozens of passers-by stopped to gawk at the emergency vehicles and news vans lined up on a road near the airport.
Fire departments from Ontario and San Bernardino County assisted Chino Valley firefighters, and at least four ambulances went to the scene.
By 8 p.m., most of the paramedics and fire trucks had left.


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"Too much tragedy to overcome. R.I.P Mindy McCready." – Natalie Maines of The Dixie Chicks wrote on Twitter after getting word that country singer Mindy McCready died Sunday in Arkansas in an apparent suicide. She was 37.
"It's horrible what they're doing to these kids. They're treating them as mini-adults, making them grow up too fast, and robbing them of their imaginations." – Kelly Guarna, whose 5-year-old daughter, Madison, was suspended by her Pennsylvania school last month for making a "terroristic threat" with a Hello Kitty toy gun that makes soap bubbles.
"I was brought up to be the fastest driver, not the fastest girl." – Danica Patrick after she won the Daytona 500 pole, becoming the first woman to secure the top spot for any race in NASCAR's premier circuit.


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Craving for Meert Paris
Meert used to turn me crazy with their waffles when they were located in Lille already. But now, they settled down in Paris with a second shop. And that is bad news for my wallet (it is quite expensive). Their waffles – the vanilla ones especially – are the craziest gourmandises you can find in Paris. Meert Paris, 16 Rue Elzévir 75003 Paris.


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The performances of Colin Munro, Mitchell McClenaghan and Grant Elliott in South Africa show that performances at provincial level in New Zealand cannot be overlooked.
There is a noticeable gap between international and our provincial cricket but if performances are overlooked because they are undervalued, then that will only exacerbate the culture of mediocrity.
Cricket ability must be judged over time. The game involves too much regular failure and making constant selection changes will, I concede, lead to a team constantly chasing its tail.
But current players must understand they cannot hide under the protection the lack of respect for the provincial game allows them.
This England tour is close enough to the South African one to warrant change after just one game if individuals continue to fail to front - and I urge the selectors to make that very clear. Now is not a time to be soft.
I've also no problem going back to former national players who are scoring runs and in form. It's not backwards progress because success in the present has to be the priority. I'm sick of continuing to describe players as having potential; they've been living off that tag for a decade.
For the best chance of success, players performing at their best must be used.
So I'm excited about the selection of young Hamish Rutherford who could be a player for all forms. The hit-and-miss nature of T20 makes it the less-than-ideal proving ground for a new player but he does come from a culture of consistent success following the Otago Volts stunning 10-wins-in-a-row performance in the HRV Cup.
I desperately hope he performs because it would be another shot in the arm for the New Zealand provincial scene. It's all we have when change to the national team is needed. Faith in the provincial standard would mean the selectors won't need to take punts but can select upon consistency - not glimmers of potential.
That said, won't it be nice to have the money the ICC has granted to help New Zealand Cricket develop an A team programme? If used well, this will certainly help bridge the gap. But A team games must be just that - not practice games for incumbents or glorified youth teams.
It's good to have this money but something doesn't sit well with me about our cricket becoming a charity case. It feels as if money has been sucked out of our system at the expense of performance and, if I was an incumbent from the past five years, I would be just a little embarrassed about that.


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A day after No. 15 seed Drake High knocked off No. 2 Valley Christian in the North Coast Section Division IV football playoffs, No. 15 Hercules had to hope lightning would strike twice. No. 2 Marin Catholic was not going to let that storm hit Kentfield, however, as the Wildcats dispatched the Titans 38-7 in the opening round of the NCS D-III playoffs on Saturday. The Wildcats will host No. 7 Miramonte next Saturday at 1 p.m.
MC quarterback Jared Goff filled up the stat sheet, throwing for 246 yards on 15 of 25 passing and four touchdowns. Goff completed passes to eight different receivers, led by Drew Celis with four catches for 103 yards and all four touchdowns were scored by a different player (Celis, Colton Hanley, Danny Noonan and Jack Beritzhoff).
"We've had a lot of guys step up this year," Goff said. "To be able to throw it to any guy I want through out the course of the game is just huge. Everyone's on the same page, everyone's on the same chemistry."
"It's fun, it's fun for all our guys," MC coach Mazi Moayed said. "It makes it hard to try and double cover one guy or a second guy. We've got a lot of guys who are good athletes who can contribute so that's sort of how we play."
Running back Akili Terry backed Goff's performance with a solid effort of his own. Terry rushed for 187 yards on 20 carries and scored a touchdown.
"I gotta give all my credit to my O-line, they're always working hard during practice and over the season," Terry said. "When it comes to game day, they open up holes so I can get through and get positive yardage."
Hercules had a number of opportunities itself, that the Wildcat defense ultimately spoiled. The Titans opened the game with an 11-play drive that began from their own 9-yard line, but ended on a Sam Killpack interception. A 38-yard pitch-and-catch from QB Louis Michael to receiver Clarence Corbin set Hercules up with a first-and-goal on the MC 5, but another pick, this time by Jared Lazor, quelled another opportunity. Running back Marquise Davenport rushed for 122 yards, including a 38-yard scamper for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter.
"You gotta know down and distance and you can't make that mistake with a team like this," Hercules coach Gerald Montgomery said. "You've got to take every opportunity and take advantage of it. You can't turn the ball over, we turned the ball over too many times."
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Bill Would Allow Bow Hunters to Carry Pistols for Protection
Senator George Edwards is sponsoring the bill after the Sportsmen's Association requested it.
"It just gives you another source of protection. It's easier to shoot a pistol at a bear, depending on the situation, than it is a bow and arrow. It takes a little longer. Once you shoot that first arrow, you've got to put another one in. With a pistol, you've got probably at least six shots in there," says Edwards, (R) - Garrett, Allegany, and Washington Counties.
It would allow licensed bow hunters, who are at least 21 years old, to carry a handgun for protection against bears.
The bill would take effect in Garrett, Allegany, and part of western Washington County.
Edwards will introduce the bill Tuesday, February 5, in committee.
"It's up close is what we're talking about here," Edwards says. "We're not talking far away, so if you're up in a tree stand and they're coming up there after you, or you get down out of the tree stand and they're right there, you have it. The noise of the gun is one thing that kind of scares them off too."
Edwards says the bill is needed because people aren't going to be able to fend off a bear with a bow and arrow.
"I hear from people all the time up in the tree stands a bear comes along, and they've got to stay up there a long time because it's easier to protect yourself with a pistol that it is with a bow and arrow against a bear," Edwards says.
The Allegany County Delegation is sponsoring the bill in the Maryland House of Delegates.
To read the senate bill, click here. To read the house bill, click here.


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John, you're quite welcome! I know it helps me to see what others have done or seen, so I figure I owe it to the community to share my experiences. Perhaps we'll have an opportunity to visit each other and see each other's hives.
Shannon, I obtained the hive tool from the same company that makes our hives, Bee Thinking. You can get one of your own here: http://www.beethinking.com/ultimate-top-bar-hive-tool/


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Prince Harry should be commended rather than criticised for his unfiltered reflections on his 20-week tour of duty in Afghanistan as a co-pilot gunner on an Apache helicopter.
Rather than hide behind euphemisms or portray the mission as a high-minded, essentially humanitarian exercise, Harry (who goes by the nom de guerre Captain Wales) freely admitted he'd killed Taleban fighters and likened his battlefront experiences to playing video games.
While his comments have been predictably deplored, I'd suggest he performed a public service by reminding us of the brutal reality of war-time soldiering.
He's a professional soldier, as opposed to what many monarchists would prefer: a pretend soldier acquiring gold braid and giveaway ribbons to go with his other entitlements, while leaving the nasty, dangerous job of engaging the enemy to commoners. And a soldier's job is to kill or facilitate the killing of the enemy.
These days the armed forces are allocated so many other roles - peacekeeping, search and rescue, disaster relief - that it's easy to overlook this. Notwithstanding the apparent desire of successive governments to transform our military into a sort of uniformed branch of Volunteer Service Abroad, Harry has reminded us that its core function is fighting.
Of course the enemy sees their job in a similar light, hence the saying "kill or be killed" or, as Harry put it, "take a life to save a life".
Judging by the reaction to the deaths of five of our soldiers in Afghanistan last August, some Kiwis appear to believe that being killed while on active service in a war zone is like being flattened by a runaway hay bale while going for a walk in the countryside: a desperately unfortunate freak occurrence.
The other widely expressed view was that our soldiers shouldn't have died because they shouldn't have been in Afghanistan in the first place. That raises the question of what would constitute a just war, a cause worth sacrificing lives for. There are those who give the impression that they would object to lives being put on the line for anything short of resisting an invasion by P-crazed cannibals from outer space.
This mindset reduces the armed forces to a purely ornamental function.
It has to be said that Harry's reference to video games included an unfortunate choice of words: "It's a joy for me because I'm one of those people who loves playing PlayStation and Xbox, so with my thumbs I like to think that I'm probably quite useful."
Well, quite, your highness, although perhaps "joy" is ever so slightly unseemly in this context.
But again, in his gauche way, Harry has put his thumb on it: the further removed from the death scene the killer is, the more warfare becomes virtual combat.
Ever since the invention of the catapult mankind has been able to kill from a distance, but technology has taken lethal detachment to a whole new level.
The person who presses a button in order to kill someone over the horizon is a bit like the bureaucrat in an authoritarian regime's security apparatus consigning "anti-social elements" to prison camps or torture chambers or firing squads with a stroke of the pen. It's easy to cause suffering at several removes; you don't have to look your victims in the eye or hear them scream. Twentieth century history suggests it can in fact be addictive.
There's mounting criticism of the latest manifestation of virtual war, the unmanned drone. Understandably so, since it sometimes seems as if the targeting policy is "near enough is good enough" and scant effort goes into ensuring that the intended target is alone and not surrounded by wives and children, when the drone strikes.
But if groups choose to declare war to the death on an entire culture and set out to kill civilians in large numbers by any means, including converting civil airliners into guided missiles, they shouldn't be surprised if their foe fights back with just as much resourcefulness and ruthlessness.
And when all is said and done, drone strikes cause far less collateral damage than sustained bombing campaigns or counter-insurgency wars waged by an army of occupation.
In a curious way and perhaps without really intending to do so, Harry's adoption of the front line soldier's self-protective, mock-callous nonchalance is both an assertion of relevance and a declaration of independence from an establishment that uses the military as a prop in the royal fairytale.
It seems their warrior prince prefers the battlefield to the gilded cage.


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Example of housing insanity
Original post made by Chris Zaharias, Crescent Park, on Apr 6, 2013
Old Palo Alto: 450 Lowell Web Link
La Jolla (2 minutes from UCSD campus, 15 minutes north of downtown San Diego): Web Link
The first home is a 2BR/1.5BA home one can only describe as a mangy dog among overbuilt McMansions, while the second is a modern, bright well-situated thing of beauty overlooking the Pacific.
$1898ft/2 vs $755ft/2
Anyone want to venture a guess *if* there is an upward limit to the $ft/2 PA can see, what that limit it and when we'll hit it?
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Apr 6, 2013 at 11:52 am
Chris - in the case of the Old Palo Alto home, it was the lot that was selling, the house is pretty irrelevant. Depending on what the house sold for, its actually a good price for a 7500 sq ft lot in Old Palo Alto. Especially when you consider that a house a block over is on the market for 17.2 million.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 6, 2013 at 12:31 pm
It's called the free market, Chris.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 6, 2013 at 1:48 pm
It is not just two random houses in comparison, it is where those houses are located in each individual city. Also, lot size can be as much as 2/3 of the price of a house.
Other than that, due to demand, number of job opportunities, supply of houses, Palo Alto is one of the most expensive markets in this country.
Truthfully, though, if there were appropriate jobs available there, I would rather live in La Jolla!
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 6, 2013 at 5:28 pm
The San Diego area was overbuilt and seriously crashed in the housing bust. I don't expect it to recover for a while.
Palo Alto, on the other hand, was pretty unaffected by foreclosures. I read here once that a huge percentage of the houses in PA were fully owned (i.e. no mortgages). This means that when the market's down, people simply don't sell. Demand nearly always outstrips supply.
Other factor, of course, is that this area has some very wealthy people in it, so they can pay a premium as can, apparently, our new flood of overseas buyers.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 6, 2013 at 5:44 pm
My son will inherit my grossly over-valued home in Palo Alto. He married a girl from La Jolla so when her folks pass on they will inherit that house also. Everything will even up for them in the end!!!
a resident of Evergreen Park
on Apr 8, 2013 at 12:17 am
I think the valley is way overpriced.
Facebook is a fad.
Google is mature and not growing as fast as it did.
Apple is flat lining.
Chinese money is disconnected from the workforce. They are buying to park money and to school their kids but not because they have jobs here. Real estate is connected to the local economy and these current prices are too much, so will come down.
Renting is a way better deal, and as more people buy for speculative reasons or to park overseas money, more houses will be available to rent, so less people will want to buy.
I think this is an insanely overbought market and there will be a big correction some time in the next year or two.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Apr 8, 2013 at 8:30 am
Chris: Are you considering moving to LaJolla so you can own a home instead of renting in Palo Alto? No more Chinese cash with empty houses on the streets. No more NIMBYs. You don't have to stay here just because you are a Paly alum. I too, think we get a bum deal with the square footage in Palo Alto, but enjoy the location and people.
a resident of Menlo Park
on Apr 9, 2013 at 4:40 pm
Actually, there are many nice houses for sale with 7500 sq ft lots within 10-15 miles of PA and decent schools, neighborhoods.
Inventory is lower than normal right now, but it will come back at some point.
One need not pay $2.59m for a 7500 sq ft lot.
It is truly silly, even to locals.
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Men and women both make testosterone, a hormone that helps children develop into adult males and females. Most of the testosterone in your blood attaches to two proteins: albumin and sex hormone binding globulin, or SHBG. Some testosterone is unattached to proteins, or free.
It can be important to measure a person's level of free testosterone because this hormone is responsible for sexual traits. When a boy reaches puberty, his body begins to more free testosterone. But as he ages, his testosterone levels can fall and cause health problems.
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You may have this test to find out whether a low sex drive is caused by a low level of free testosterone. In recent years, health care providers have used testosterone therapy to treat both men and women with low sex drives.
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Sperm analysis. This test counts the number of live sperm in the liquid that a man ejaculates. This test is often used to look for an infertility problem.
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LH and FSH, TSH, and prolactin. These are all hormones produced by the pituitary gland.
Partial 21-hydroxylase deficiency evaluation. High-risk ethnic groups include Ashkenazi Jews.
Many things may affect your lab test results. These include the method each lab uses to do the test. Even if your test results are different from the normal value, you may not have a problem. To learn what the results mean for you, talk with your health care provider.
Results of this test are given in picograms per milliliter (pg/mL). Your level of free testosterone is normal if it is 0.3 to 2 pg/mL, or 0.1 to 0.3 percent of your total testosterone levels.
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Taking a blood sample with a needle carries risks that include bleeding, infection, bruising, or feeling dizzy. When the needle pricks your arm, you may feel a slight stinging sensation or pain. Afterward, the site may be slightly sore.
Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol can affect men's hormone levels. Conditions including obesity and diabetes can also affect men's testosterone levels.
For women, having certain health conditions, such as PCOS, can increase free testosterone.
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Robert Downey-Jr Gossip
Robert Downey-Jr gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
RDJ wants to eat the people
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It was part of Robert Downey Jr's acceptance speech at the People's Choice Awards last night. You know what cracks me up about this event? More than at any other, it's so obvious that the winner has been brought out right before their honour, in the front row. Check him out in the video below, sitting beside two randoms. Full Story
Robert Downey Jr
Arguments for: -How has he never been the Sexiest Man Alive? He's the biggest movie star in the world right now. -The Avengers comes out in a few months. It'll be MASSIVE. -Everyone loves him, loves him, loves him and they love his comeback story -Stable family life, just had a baby, babies are irresistible – especially with an exclusive on the cover of PEOPLE magazine? -Nerd vote -Dude vote Arguments against: -The Judge -He doesn't need it. Full Story
Avri Roel Downey (Jr.)
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You know when you meet a new friend or a romantic partner and you're drunk on them and everything is wonderful? You think they're fantastic and where have they been all your life and then you realize, with a 'chonk' in your stomach, that they are about to reveal to you that they are not perfect. Full Story
Dr Banner and Tony Stark are honoured
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Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr were honoured last night at the Britannia Awards in LA. Mark was presented with the Humanitarian Award for his work in advocating for clean water. Because, yes, he's the best. Always. Even Dame Judi Dench thinks so. RDJ received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia For Excellence In Film. Full Story
Welcome to the Superhero Clubhouse
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Marvel will never be finished with you. Just surrender now, give them all your money, and maybe they'll let you have every other Thursday for yourself. After yesterday's bonanza of news, last night during an episode of Agents of SHIELD Marvel aired some new footage from Avengers: Age of Ultron—specifically, they showed (a highly edited version of) the Superhero Clubhouse scene from Comic-Con. Full Story
Marvel just broke the internet
A couple weeks ago Warner Brothers announced the future of the DC Cinematic Universe during an investor phone call. They dumped a lot of information on us in the least exciting way possible, and by the end of the day I'd heard from multiple sources that the response from Marvel was essentially, "Let's plan a rock show. Full Story
Captain America vs. Iron Man—Marvel's Civil War is happening
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RDJ has been talking up a potential extension of his contract to play Iron Man, and everyone jumped on the Iron Man 4 grenade, because he made some wiseass comments about Iron Man 4. I didn't buy that he was in talks for another Iron Man installment, but that he could be extending his deal to make room for a fourth Avengers movie. Full Story
RDJ, Forever and Always: Part Two
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Okay, now that we've talked about the Marvel can of worms RDJ has opened up, let's move on to how delightful RDJ is in general, which is SO DELIGHTFUL. First, there's his appearance on The Howard Stern Show in which he talked about Sarah Jessica Parker. Stern is pushing, trying to get RDJ to say something click-baity about SJP, but RDJ (if only they stayed together for the combined acronyms!) is too smooth to get suckered. Full Story
RDJ, Forever and Always: Part One
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RDJ's new movie, The Judge, opens this weekend, which means that RDJ is making the press rounds and giving us so much to talk about that we actually had to split it into two posts. He's already given us the glimpses into his family life and his relationship with Susan Downey Full Story
The belly-cupping Downeys
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But first, Team Downey is on the cover of the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter. It's a joint interview featuring RDJ and his wife Susan which doesn't happen too often. But The Judge is a Team Downey production – their first – and they're doing everything they can right now to make it a major hit so that they can continue to secure studio financing for future projects. Full Story
RDJ: Cars and cheeseburgers
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RDJ covers the new issue of Vanity Fair in advance of the Team Downey release of The Judge. It's a standard RDJ interview, which means he's forthcoming, if not always comprehensible, and generous, and unapologetic without sounding defensive. As always, RDJ speaks openly about his addiction and while I wondered at a point when/if we would ever get to a point where that wouldn't be a story, he is still living with it -- it's a disease, like cancer, like ALS -- so why wouldn't he continue to talk about it? Especially since he believes he's passed it on to his son. Full Story


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The NHL announced on Tuesday morning that the Canadiens' P.K. Subban is one of three finalists for the James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the league's best defenceman.
The other finalists are Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ryan Suter of the Minnesota Wild. It marks the first time for all three that they are finalists for the award, which was won last year by Ottawa's Eric Karlsson, who missed most of this season with an Achilles injury.
Subban and Letang were the highest-scoring defenceman in the league this season, both accumulating 38 points. Subban had 11-27-38 totals in 42 games to go along with a plus-12, while Letang had 5-33-38 totals in 35 games and was plus-16. Suter was just behind them with 4-28-32 totals in 48 games and was plus-2.
Suter led the three in average ice time at 27:16, followed by Letang at 25:38 and Subban at 23:14.
The news comes a day after the Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher was named a finalist for the Calder Trophy, which goes to the NHL's top rookie.
The Canadiens held an optional skate at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in Ottawa as they prepare for Game 4 of their first-round playoff series against the Senators (7 p.m., CBC, RDS, TSN Radio 690). Twenty-two players took part in the morning skate, with Max Pacioretty, Ryan White and Rene Bourque the only ones who didn't skate.
After the skate, the Canadiens announced that Brian Gionta and Ryan White (upper-body injuries) will not be in the lineup for Game 4.
Carey Price will start in goal.
(Photo by Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)
Five keys to Game 4, canadiens.com
Habs can't mix it up again, by Dave Stubbs
Therrien looking for Habs to bounce back, by Brenda Branswell
Gallagher a Calder finalist, by Pat Hickey
Adopt Prust a Walrus campaign underway, The Canadian Press
Senators lead series 2-1, NHL.com
Winning the mind games, Ottawa Citizen
Senators, Canadiens just getting started, Ottawa Citizen
Pageau still coming down from big night, Ottawa Citizen
Ten reasons to hate the Habs, by Ottawa Sun
Subban ready to move forward, Ottawa Sun
Don't get caught in the rivalry, Ottawa Sun


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The year open data went worldwide
At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for "raw data now" — for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data openly available on the web. At TED University in 2010, he shows a few of the interesting results when the data gets linked up.
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Who is your favorite on the Giants message board?
Who is your favorite on the Giants message board?
What he wants for Christmas because I want go give him a gift to thank him for the 2 Super Bowls.
Why are they called "hemorrhoids" and not "asteroids'?
I stopped fighting my inner demons. We're on the same side now.
Why aren't there any GUILTY bystanders?
I stopped fighting my inner demons. We're on the same side now.
Why don't you ever use the hurry up when the offense is struggling (considering that Eli seems to one of the best in the league)?
So.. Adjustments, when will you make any? I've always found all of adjustments to be one the biggest reasons for our 'collapses' mid-late season. People just seem to have figured us out and I feel we rarely do anything about it. Looked like we made some great ones over bye week to face Green Bay but then who knows wtf happened against skins. Lack of execution is also a huge part of it as well of course. Lack of effort at times too, *cough* Tuck. Guys invisible this year
How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop? He seems patient enough to be able to find out...
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
How many games have you won by kicking field goals vrs how many have you lost by not dissing the field goal. Granted, we have a great kicker, but inside the 30 yd line we have lost much momentum by kicking.


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Thanks for the Mariner Hybrid write up. It's good to see they've improved the amenities. The FEH/MMH are known as some of the best hybrids on the road (folks are getting over 40 mpg with them) and I don't think there is anything on the road that can compare, for function and MPG, except the Jetta TDI wagon - which STILL isn't delivering ("January, maybe...").I cannot think of any other vehicles in that MPG and capability class?
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I just read somewhere than VW is also gifting the States with a Rabbit TDI about a year from now. That will be nice. Yes, not as big as a Jetta wagon but I find the hatchback much better looking. Glad you enjoyed the Mariner Hybrid review.
There is a GTI TDI, which might be interesting, if a little odd.I imagine that you'll see the complete VW lineup here with the 2.5 TDI. Also, some of the Audis, as they do with the turbo 2.0 gasser? They have the only T2B5 engine and it fits in the whole lineup, putting them way ahead of everyone else.
_______________Graduate, Rodan School of Automotive Design
The GTI TDI will indeed be interesting but not for me. I like a GTI with horsepower and revs. I think VW should work on improving the mileage on their 2.0T (to a true 30+ mpg on the highway). I love that engine but it's too thirsty.
The most fuel-efficient SUV on the planet and it's American!!!!
________________John R. seeking for the best maintenance help on Toyota Corolla cars..


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Wind gusted to 80 miles an hour. Eight inches of snow blanketed parts of North Dakota. Eight tornadoes touched down in Indiana, and three twisters tore through Ohio. Trees snapped, power lines fell and flights were delayed throughout the Midwest and South.
Officials are calling the storm system that tore through the country early this week unusual because of its size and pressure. It was similar to a Category 3 hurricane, but with less damaging power. If the storm system had been over water instead of land, it would have created a major hurricane.
Safe, Surprisingly
Officials closed the observation deck of Chicago's Willis Tower, the nation's tallest building. Emergency escorts led trucks and school buses safely across the wind-whipped Mackinac Bridge, which stretches for five miles to link Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas.
North Carolina saw some of the worst destruction. Three homes were leveled and 11 people were hurt in the storm. "We were just so scared," said 18-year-old Jessica Vargas, who rode out the storm in Vale, North Carolina. The storm blew out her living room windows, knocked down the chimney and sent a tree crashing through the roof. "We didn't have time to do anything," said Jessica, who was not injured.
Helen Miller, 41, was hurt when a tree branch crashed into her car near Chicago, Illinois. She is recovering in the hospital, but asked her husband, Todd Miller, to hang on to the branch. "She wants to save it for an art project or something," he said.


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From the fabulous and clever people of the LA area, Schmeeph is the essential "verb". It takes the place and syntactical structure of any verb, particularly for the purposes of censoring.
"What the Schmeeph is that?", or "If you even think I'm getting in the Schmeephing car..." are acceptable uses of "Schmeeph". "Let's go Schmeeph" can also be used meaning, "lets go: walk, play, run..."
by California March 09, 2005
1. A very awesome individual, that typically provokes people to have a better time than normal.
2. A very hip trendy item, something very cool.
2. A very hip trendy item, something very cool.
by Anon March 09, 2005
The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush


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Employers have long asked Congress to enforce standardized child support Income Withholding Orders(IWO) forms as well as having one central location in every state for remittance of income withholding payments. The Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) in conjunction with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued new rules regarding these two issues and slightly modified the standardized federal Income Withholding forms.
The Two Most Important Changes
1. All child support income withholding orders must be issued on the new OMB-approved IWO form (OMB 0970-0154). This form cannot be modified.
2. Payments must be directed to each State's statewide disbursement unit (SDU). Indiana's SDU is the Indiana State Central Collection Unit (INSCCU).
To make this transition easier, the Child Support Bureau (CSB) of the Indiana Department of Child Services has created an Indiana-specific version of the new IWO for use by courts, private attorneys, and pro se litigants. This version is a "fillable" PDF of the OMB-approved IWO form. CSB has created additional tools such as a document with simplified instructions for pro se litigants. Additionally, we will be creating a Frequently Asked Questions document.
The following includes more detail on the new rules depending on whether the IWO was issued before or after May 31, 2011.
On IWOs issued on or after May 31, 2011 - New IWOs:
On IWOs issued before May 31, 2011 - IWOs already processed by the employer:
An employer can reject an IWO under the new federal regulations for the following reasons:
The Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), in partnership with states, public, and private sector employers,
payroll processors, and related organizations developed the electronic Income Withholding Order (e-IWO) process.
Begun in 2004, it has resulted in:
The first step was a "system to system" interface with electronic formats enabling:
A centralized federal internet portal enables states and employers to easily and securely exchange files with just one entity.
The portal picks up the Income Withholding Orders (IWOs) from each participating state daily. Then, edits them,
formats them according to each employer's preferences, bundles them for each employer from all participating states,
and delivers them to the employers. The portal then picks up the Acknowledgement from participating employers, edits them,
formats them, bundles them for each state from all participating employers, and delivers then to the states.
You can save $3.00 to $4.00 per IWO and be up and running in as little as two weeks with no programming required.
Use a simple, no programming alternative that automates the mandatory IWO Acknowledgement.
This option uses a pre-filled Acknowledgement in either a spreadsheet or PDF file format. Samples of each are located here.
Either a pre-filled spreadsheet with the list of IWOs or separate PDF Acknowledgements are delivered to the employer along with a PDF of each IWO document.
The spreadsheet or PDFs are completed by the employer with minimal data entry and saved to a directory.
The portal picks up the completed documents, processes the acknowledgements, and delivers them to the appropriate state.
The process uses Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) or uses a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server with a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
For more information or assistance regarding transmission/connectivity options please contact Bill Stuart from the Administration of Children and Families at firstname.lastname@example.com or at (410)200-4695.
For a copy of the Income Withholding Order Document, Instructions, and other IWO tools click here.


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5 Minutes with Bachelorette Producer Adam McKay
We check in with the producer of the VOD sleeper hit before it hits screens this weekend.
The latest in the line of female-driven comedies that have reinvented the art of film watching, the sleeper video-on-demand (VOD) hit Bachelorette combines the good, the bad and the ugly of the pre-wedding night into a dark but highly satirical gong show of comedic proportions. On the eve of their friend's unlikely wedding, a trio of best friends (played by Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan) set out to have a wild night of copious booze and lines of coke and other forms of debauchery as they contemplate not being the first to walk down the aisle.
Amid recent headlines for being the first film on VOD to top the best-selling list prior to this Friday's theatrical release, we sat down for a chat about the film with producer Adam McKay, well known for his collaborations with Will Ferrell on Anchorman and Talladega Nights as well as cofounding their production company, Gary Sanchez, and comedy site Funny or Die.
Playboy.com: Bachelorette just became the first film to top iTunes before its theatrical release this Friday. How surprised were you at the news?
McKay: It was really exciting! They said it had never happened before for a VOD-premiere movie. I guess for five straight days it was number one. Clearly they love these actresses and love this idea; from the comments I've read, people say it feels very real for them. We'll see if it translates to the theatrical — all we really care about is if people see the film, whether it happens in the theater or somebody's watching it on their TV or computer. Obviously theater is the best, but I'm curious to see how it translates. I think it's going to do very well over in Europe.
Playboy.com: You originally saw Bachelorette in its first incarnation as a play. What pushed you to adapt it to film?
McKay: It was a combination of really loving the material — it felt to me like Neil LaBute: funny, satirical — and this was before Bridesmaids was out, but we love the fact that it's driven by strong women characters. At that time, there weren't a lot of movies doing that. It was dark satire and it was funny and energetic.
Playboy.com: A number of directors passed on the film; what made you choose the play's director, Leslye Headland, who had never directed a movie before?
McKay: Sometimes you get these great scripts that are so personal and have a unique voice and go out to get someone to direct it, but people pass on it because it's unique and has a specific voice; that's exactly what happened here. It usually means you've got some really interesting material. We certainly knew this script was not a cookie-cutter boring script; it just scared some people. At some point we were just like, "Leslye has experience working with actors, strong point-of-view — she can handle this." It turned out to be a very good problem to have.
Playboy.com: You had three strong leads; how did they mesh in rehearsals?
McKay: It really ended up being a dream cast. Rarely does it happen when you get your three first choices for a movie. Because they were so excited and all improvisational actresses, right away there was chemistry between them. They're all very experienced even though they're all young; they've all done a lot of stuff. Right away when they started shooting I was hearing from Leslye that they were improvising, trying stuff off each other. It was really one of those dream scenarios; you just couldn't believe it when you have these experienced, interesting, smart, funny actresses, all three of them running at these roles, and then Rebel Wilson comes in for the fourth role and she's amazing!
Playboy.com: Rebel Wilson was an interesting choice for the bride; what inspired that decision?
McKay: We ran a lot of actresses for that role. We all know Rebel as being really funny and an absurdist comic, so when Leslye told me she ran Rebel for the role I was really surprised because we have these hardcore actresses, and I had always thought of Rebel as being more of a comic. But then when I saw her audition I couldn't believe it, how real she was, her instincts — we were all immediately blown away. She's a heck of an actress.
Playboy.com: The comparisons between Bachelorette and Bridesmaids are inevitable. How would you personally distinguish the films?
McKay: The two movies it's always compared against are Bridesmaids and The Hangover but for women. When you watch [Bachelorette], it has a much darker edge to it. I would say it's more realistic in the sense that it's about people being occasionally nasty to each other who are also best friends; like a lot of weddings there's some cocaine being poured on the table. There's a lot of dynamics that go quite dark at points and funny at points. It's a more grounded movie in that sense. I personally love Bridesmaids and I love The Hangover — really great movies, but this is a very different movie.
Playboy.com: Bachelorette shows a darker side to a wedding day. What were you trying to portray with this?
McKay: Men certainly can go at each other, but women, and I have two daughters, can go at each other much harder. There's competitiveness, a cutting thing that can happen — they love each other but they're emotionally beating the crap out of each other.
Playboy.com: What's your favorite scene from the film?
McKay: I love the opening scene with Kirsten and Rebel; it played so perfectly. The layers that they're playing between their friendship: condescension, genuine friendship, anger, hurt, envy and at the same time funny! That scene is kind of a master class. In the original cut of the movie they actually cut the scene uninterrupted, and in the recut it sort of crosscuts between the phone call and the scene. But in the original scene it was played so completely pure; I was like, "That's one of the best scenes I've ever seen." The other scene I loved was when they ripped the dress. I guess that's a bit of a spoiler for people reading it — you could hear the crowd gasp; they were fun to watch.
Check out Bachelorette in theaters Friday or pick it up on iTunes today.


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a li'l help plz
i hav d net service through my cable provider via a lan
my ip is 192.168.3.240 and server is 192.168.0.1 here (in lan)
now the as*h0*e is charging twice d normal price for net (him being the only provider in d area) (dats abt 800 bucks for a 64kbps bandwidth with max 10kbps download speed)
however yesterday they had a cable fault and i was geetting 150kbps downld speed (now its repaired )
my question is can i sumhow get dat speed out of him again?
i'm including server details:
Round Trip Time (RTT): <10 ms
Time To Live (TTL): 64
MAC: 00:08:A1:84:08:5A (CNet Technology Inc.)
Server: Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) (Red-Hat/Linux) mod_jk mod_ssl/2.8.12 OpenSSL/0.9.6m
ETag: "6fdf-61-456ad0d2"
TCP ports:
22 ssh => Remote Login Protocol
23 telnet => Telnet
53 domain => Domain Name Server.
80 http => World Wide Web HTTP
443 https => Http protocol over TLS/SSL
UDP ports:
123 NTP => Network Time Protocol
135 epmap => DCE endpoint resolution
137 netbios-ns => NetBios Name Service
138 netbios-dgm => NetBios Datagram Service
389 ldap => Light Directory Access Protocol
445 microsoft-ds => Microsoft-DS
520 router => Router routed RIPv.1, RIPv.2
1434 ms-sql-s => Microsoft-SQL-Server
1512 wins => Microsoft's Windows Internet Name Service
2049 nfsd => Network File System daemon
3127 trojan => W32.Mydoom
4500 ipsec-nat-t => IPsec NAT-Traversal
27015 hle => Half-Life Engine


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WHS Adoptable Animals
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Abused Dog Gets New Home
Trixy has been adopted by a great couple from Burlington!
It's unthinkable to imagine how badly little Trixy suffered before she was brought to the Wisconsin Humane Society. Trixy, a 2-year-old English Cocker Spaniel/Miniature Poodle mix, was surrendered to WHS after a woman acquired her on Craigslist and noticed that something was terribly wrong with her tail. Read more...
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