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SENAI International, Inc implements projects using the foundation of social enterprise. The Discovery School project in Burundi is unique due to the funding arrangement and the long-term sustainability of the project. Senai has raised over $50,000 for The Discovery School. By empowering indigenous churches, SENAI will structure and fund a program to help expand Christian tri-lingual elementary schools in Burundi. This financial structure will allow The Discovery School to reinvest the principal on future projects in Burundi, while creating a profitable and self-sustaining school, which offers superior education. The Johnson family, a third generation Burundi missionary family, runs and manages The Discovery School, training and investing in the local Burundian people.
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Things are hard in the Massachusetts Bay colony, but at least the long, morale-destroying winter is over and the spring thaw is under way. It's a beautiful day, James Winthrop (Tim Dutton) declares, people are ''airing out their clothes, dragging out their dead.'' His lovely wife, Polly (Kirsten Nelson), cheerfully calls their two daughters and one son to breakfast: ''Get up, children! Your boiling water's ready.''
James is a happy Pilgrim, and he is pretty much alone in his optimism. Everyone else in town is fed up and wants to go back to England on the next ship. Especially his cranky mother (Cloris Leachman), who lusts after sailors and loves to tell her grandchildren pirate stories about having been violated.
On ''Thanks,'' a limited-run sitcom beginning on CBS tonight, the Winthrops and their neighbors specialize in deliberately anachronistic (and/or culture-specific) observations. Young Elizabeth Winthrop (Amy Centner) tells the local doctor that he should wash his instruments because there might be tiny, invisible animals living on them that could spread disease. Elizabeth is promptly charged with witchcraft (not for the first time). James speechifies about ''not saying what this colony can do for me but what you can do for your colony.'' And when he responds to a complaint by his daughter Abigail (Erika Christensen) with ''And I suppose if half the girls in your class jumped off a cliff, you'd do that too,'' Abigail's answer is extremely satisfying.
The lasciviousness of Ms. Leachman's character could get old fast, as could James and Polly's running joke about the difficulty of finding privacy for sex in a one-room house, but the show's dark humor has promise. In the first episode, laughs are drawn from starvation, plague and fire-and-brimstone preaching. And when a pregnant woman talks about having had contractions while attending a public execution, Polly sighs and remarks, ''Ah, the circle of life!''
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The fun of the increasingly popular "secret supper" movement lies in the old "What's for dinner?" question. As in, no one will tell you. You buy a ticket without knowing where you're eating, what you're eating or possibly even what specific chef is preparing it. Timid eaters need not apply, but for culinary adventurers, it's a wonderful lark.
My first secret supper was this fall in Lincoln, Nebraska, where Dan and Sunny Parsons are building a rapidly expanding community around a traveling harvest table that seats 50 people. Every couple of months, they announce a new dinner at a price of about $90 per person, and it quickly sells out. The day before the meal, participants get an e-meal telling them where to show up. So far, the harvest table has landed in an old warehouse, a greenhouse and a beach, among other stops.
The dinner I joined was an unusual one: 250 people, who knew in advance that they'd be dining at center court of the Nebraska Cornhuskers' sparkling new Pinnacle Bank Arena. Twelve teams of chefs and mixologists worked together on each course built around locally produced foods. The meal presented a spectacular three-hour showcase that felt like the city's best talent all trying to outfiddle each other in a culinary version of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."
Chef Lorin Dagel opened with an amuse-bouche (an appetizer the chef selects to showcase their artristy) of veal mousse, sweet corn bourbon sauce and lemon pea puree. (You could spend a couple of minutes savoring that sentence alone.) The next three courses included mixed greens with local chèvre and tarragon vinaigrette; brined pork with a smoked corn fondue; and Wagyu beef garnished with marigold petals. The drinks were conversation pieces of their own with mixologists serving up the likes of vodka blended with a watermelon and sweet basil shrub and a pickled watermelon rind. Before each course, the chef/mixologist team took the microphone to describe their creations, turning the night into an advanced course in food and drink that was infinitely more passionate and insightful than the reality-TV soundbites popular on cooking shows.
The service alone proved memorable as the legion of servers somehow pulled off plating a gourmet meal for 250 people in a basketball arena with the timing of an intimate restaurant.
At evening's end, celebrity guest Andrew Zimmern, a Minnesota resident who hosts Bizarre Foods on the Travel Channel, closed by reminding the crowd what those of us in the MIdwest already know. "In cities on the coasts," Zimmern said, "they have to reconnect to their food traditions. In cities like Lincoln, we're just reorganizing that connection."
That secret—like the reputation of these mystery dinners—isn't going to stay undercover much longer.


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W/ $400? good luckOriginally Posted by lwild17380
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noob here...but i've been hearing CAI aren't good for the turbo. it makes the engine run too lean and a drop in filter like a k/n or blitz or perrin is a better option. at least you didnt say a BOV. i'm glad i didn't run out and get one after reading these forums. thanks ClubWRX!!!


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(All amounts are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated) TORONTO, Jan. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - AuRico Gold Inc. (TSX: AUQ) (NYSE: AUQ), ("AuRico" or the "Company") today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend payment of $0.04 per share for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2013, payable on January 29, 2014 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 14, 2014. Dividend Reinvestment Plan
As previously announced on June 11, 2013, AuRico's Board of Directors approved the introduction of a dividend reinvestment plan. Eligible shareholders may elect to participate in the dividend reinvestment plan. Participation in the dividend reinvestment plan is optional. For further information on the Company's dividend reinvestment plan please visit www.auricogold.com/DRIP. About AuRico Gold AuRico Gold is a leading Canadian gold producer with mines and projects in North America that have significant production growth and exploration potential. The Company is focused on its core operations including the Young- Davidson gold mine in northern Ontario, and the El Chanate mine in Sonora State, Mexico. AuRico's project pipeline also includes advanced development opportunities in Mexico and Canada. AuRico's head office is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Cautionary Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information as defined under Canadian and U.S. securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. The words "expect", "believe", "anticipate", "will", "intend", "estimate", "forecast", "budget" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include information as to strategy, plans or future financial or operating performance, such as the Company's expansion plans, project timelines, production plans, projected cash flows or capital expenditures, cost estimates, projected exploration results, reserve and resource estimates and other statements that express management's expectations or estimates of future performance.


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I thought mine were too high too, but after the swelling went down and now I'm over a year out, the scars are only visible to me, and they drop nicely into the crease unless I stretch my eyes wide open, then I can see that they are... READ COMMENT
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manual trans switch generator feed
I removed a feed in a panel to a back fed breaker from a generator and installed a 10 circuit manual transfer switch in place of the breaker. This is all good, the problem I have, is there was a 10-3 w/ ground romex cable that was feeding the breaker (now feeding the 30 amp transfer switch), the nm cable was run according to code to a remote twistlock in the garage. The home owner wants the cable to be connected through the 30 amp twistlock in the front of the transfer switch. If the cable was hardwired, no question, but, is the twist lock connection a valid connection for the nm cable? I don't believe the type of connection changes the nm cable to a cord piercing the ceilings or walls. It's the code violation (or not) with the connection I'm trying to find a yea or nay on in the code book. If anyone knows the article please respond. And yes just hard wiring it would take a lot less time than all this, but I would like to read the reason in the book. Thanks
The NM should be run to a box and connected to a flanged inlet mounted to the box.
Are you talking about this type of transfer switch?
A Romex (NM) cable may not be loose with a plug on the end for non-temporary wiring. The wires inside are solid and can take less flexing befoer they break.
Right now you have the transfer switch box hard wired to a branch circuit that provides uitility power. The flanged inlet (flanged male receptacle) already on the transfer switch unit is used to attach an extension cord to the generator.
Optionally you could have a non-portable generator hard wired to a box on the wall. A Romex or conduit hard wires that box to the transfer switch. Here you use the inlet on the transfer switch to run an extension cord to a 120/240 volt (female) receptacle elsewhere on the wall for utility power.
I ended up calling the inspector for the area, and she cited a article that said connectors must be used for the purpose intended. The house wiring connection with a cord cap won,t work. I,m sure there are other articles. I ended up hard wiring it anyway. Thanks for the help, I appreciate it!:thumbup:
the picture is close. my switch had round meters. Connecticut Electric 10 circuit, (same I think). the one with no knockouts and says that says if you break the seal to get inside the warranty is void. Thanks again for the responses!
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BORING - Two men received minor injuries after a two-vehicle crash Monday morning on Highway 26 at Kelso Road. One of those men was able to walk away from his car after it split in half.
At about 7:15 a.m. Monday, March 26, Sandy resident Aldo Menchaca, 19, hit Hector Perez-Sanluis, 33, of Portland, while Perez-Sanluis was trying to turn left from the eastbound lanes onto northbound Kelso Road. Menchaca's 1990 Honda Accord hit Perez-Sanluis' 1997 Volkswagen Golf on the passenger's side between the front and back doors, splitting the car in half.
Both drivers were wearing seat belts. Perez-Sanluis was able to crawl out of his split car on his own. Both men were transported to Mt. Hood Medical Center where they were treated and released.
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A growing reliance on e-business is pushing nearly half of large companies to invest more heavily in their network this coming year, according to the 2001 Network World Spending Survey.
Despite reports of an increasingly softening economy, the survey respondents say the average network budget will ring in around US$550,000, up 9.9 percent from 2000. So, while a slowing economy may be making IT managers more cautious about taking on new projects or making major purchases, it's not fully applying the brakes to much of anything.
We conducted the annual survey to find out how much you plan to spend on network products and services this year. Working with research firm STAT Resources, we e-mailed a random sample of Network World readers in late November and asked them to participate in an online survey hosted in a private area of Fusion.
The results show that 2001 will be an active year in terms of network spending, at least for the bigger companies. A detailed analysis found that nearly half of companies with the largest budgets - $500,000 and up -- predict they'll spend at least 11 percent more than they spent in 2000, and almost one-quarter of them expect to spend an additional 25 percent. And the budget increases aren't just confined to major corporations: 40 percent of firms with midsize budgets are predicting an 11 percent increase.
Not everyone will realize such impressive gains, however. Almost half the respondents predicted either no change or modest increases of 10 percent or less in 2001.
Still, the network budget picture is slightly better overall than it was last year. Spending increased 9.5 percent from 1999 to 2000, and now it's climbing again by a similar amount.
"This is really good news," says Richard L. Ptak, vice president of e-business infrastructure strategies at Hurwitz Group Inc., a high-tech analyst firm in Framingham, Mass. "It shows a bit of a turnaround from what was happening in Q3 of 2000 when there was a lot of uncertainty about the money companies were going to be committing to [spending]. There was a lot of talk of companies sitting pat for 2001."
Companies with the biggest budgets are looking to invest in capital equipment and projects such as e-commerce, video conferencing and security. Meanwhile, firms with small and midsize budgets are sticking to the basics, targeting their spending on network hardware such as hubs, routers, firewalls and servers.
Almost half the respondents, or 46 percent, say their budget is about right for accomplishing the tasks on their plate. Close to one-third (32 percent) call their budgets somewhat inadequate, while only 4 percent say their budgets are more than adequate.
With companies planning to spend more this year coming as a pleasant surprise for Ptak, he's not surprised that the extra funding is earmarked for network equipment and services.
"There is a real focus on the complexity of the solutions involved in e-business,'' Ptak says. What is being sent over the Internet, what business is being done over the Internet has all changed dramatically in just the past few years. But [companies] haven't been investing in making the network as strong, bulletproof, reliable and powerful as it should be.''
Edward Sikorski, systems manager for Imageworx, a small packaging company in Philadelphia, says his 2001 IT budget will take a big jump above 2000 because he plans on spending more than eight times as much on network equipment. He says the increase is designed to keep up with the business' growing online work, along with the increasing size of the files they are sending and receiving over the Internet.
"The files that are coming in are getting larger so network storage has to move files faster, larger files faster, and still do backups. I want to have a server running Gigabit Ethernet," says Sikorski, who wants to add network hardware and upgrade some 3-year-old Bay Network Inc. switches that are suffering from bandwidth restrictions.
Sikorski also adds that the increase in his IS budget will help him do some system clean up.
"The thing with a small company ... it's almost trial by fire. There's no definitive book on how to set up servers and a network for a small industry. We're finding there were some mistakes and that gives us the opportunity to ask for a bigger budget and get some of that fixed up," he says.
Ronald Wells, specialist programmer at American General Finance, a $13 billion credit and financing company in Evansville, Ind., is looking to boost his budget by $3 million to $4 million this year for a six-month project to replace about 40 Windows NT servers with an IBM Corp. Freeway G7 mainframe to simplify, stabilize, and speed up his network.
"Windows is not stable. Too many servers make a kluge of the network," says Wells, who adds that the new mainframe should increase security and solve incompatibility and blackout problems that they've been having with NT. He also says he expects his 2002 budget -- without the weight of this year's big mainframe expenditure -- to drop back down to the 2000 level while saving 35 percent in labor and maintenance costs in the next five years.
Wells also says the recent reports of a softening economy may make him more cautious, but it's nothing that he's afraid of.
"You have to scrutinize a little bit more as to what your plans will be, what projects you need to do," says Wells, who expects some pressure from upper management to economize. "The softening is only, what, three months old. I don't get excited about it, personally. For me, that's an opportunity. When people are scared, that drives the prices down and that's good for me."
While companies gear up for bigger network budgets, the survey results indicate that spending will break down into three main categories: about 52 percent of total spending will go to capital equipment; 34 percent is dedicated to labor costs; and 14 percent will fund outsourcing and services.
The survey also shows that there is a natural grouping to the expenditures. For instance, a company that plans to allocate more money for capital equipment is more likely to also be putting more money toward labor costs for people to run the added hardware or software. Conversely, companies that are spending more money on outsourcing are spending less on major purchases or hiring.
For Rich Medica, LAN manager for Linden Motor Freight, a Linden, N.J., company with about 500 employees, the capital investment flows naturally with his hiring trends because the more equipment he gets, the more hands he needs to keep it operating.
The small company's three-person IS team is adding one more worker, along with one more server to Linden Motor Freight's seven-server lineup. They're also adding two Intel routers.
"I guess they've been hit over the head enough to know they're spreading it thin ... They just figured it would be cheaper to work the hell out of me," Medica says. "It's not working for me. I'll tell you that ... Every year is a busy year for us."
While every year is a busy year for John Toth, systems engineer at Weber-Stephen Products, network spending seems to have hit an apex. The Palatine, Ill., maker of the Weber Grill, a $250 million company, is seeing a leveling out of its 2001 budget despite a major project rolling down the pike.
"Our budget is staying pretty even," says Toth, who notes that they are looking to add a new customer service center with T-1 lines, a new NT server and various hardware and software to serve 70 to 90 people. "There are no major swap outs happening. When I started seven years ago, there really was no networking. Now we have a 300-node network in the main building ... We're built up to the point where we really don't need much."
With no major projects on the horizon, the economy's ebbs and tides aren't playing much into Toth's plans.
"I don't think [the economy] will really hit us," Toth says. "It's not like when people have to decide if they should buy a new car or a washing machine. You're talking about an $80 or $90 grill. People eat whether the economy's good, bad or indifferent. Actually, instead of going out, they'll have some steaks on the grill."
Jed Proujansky, director of IS at Pioneer Management Systems, a third-party health care administrator in Holyoke, Mass., says his IS team is bucking the numbers and plans to play it safe for 2001. "We're more cautious than we were six months ago," Proujansky says. "I want to continue to develop what we've been working on but I don't want to initiate projects that might not be able to be fully funded. We're a Cadillac health plan, not a Chevy health plan. We cost a little bit more and that's one place where companies could cut expenses."
Pioneer Management has been busy over the past few years building its internal Web applications and networking business partners into that in-house system. Now that the system is basically in place, they can wind down a notch and focus on upkeep and natural development.
This story, "Spending on the rise" was originally published by Network World.


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May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, and The iMums, founded by four tech-savvy moms from four corners of the globe, will feature reviews of speech therapy apps, resources, tips, and question-and-answer sessions with speech and language therapists.
"We want to highlight the apps and speech therapists who are making a real difference in the lives of children who have speech disorders," said iMum Mary Mahon. Mahon has a six-year-old daughter with Childhood Apraxia of Speech, a severe speech disorder where the child has great difficulty planning and producing the series of movements that are necessary for intelligible speech. Three of the four iMums have children in speech therapy, Mahon said. "This is a cause that is near and dear to our hearts," she said. "I first got interested in apps because of my daughter's Apraxia. She was three years old and needed to do home speech therapy practice every day, but she really resisted. The iPad got her interested in doing her therapy, and willing to do her daily practice."
The iMums promotion will start May 1st and end May 14 on the inaugural Apraxia Awareness Day. Participating developers include: Hamaguchi Apps, Pocket SLP, Little Bee Speech, Tactus Therapy Solutions, Virtual Speech Center, Avaz for Autism, Blue Whale Apps, Multimedia Speech Pathology, Mobile Education Store, Close 2 Home Apps, Speechbox, Abilipad, SpeechPups, Global Augmentative and many more!
"This is all a celebration of speech therapy and a 'thank you' to all the therapists who make such a difference for our children," said Mahon, who will speak about apps and tablets at the Childhood Apraxia of Speech of North America's annual conference in Denver, Colorado this summer.
The iMums site also features reviews of educational apps for children with other special needs as well as for the typically developing child. The iMums, four moms from four corners of the earth, met online while searching for and reviewing apps for their own children. In 2011, they formed a children's tech review site to help parents and educators find the best educational apps and technology products. The iMums are founder Amanda Powell of Australia, Alison Hirst of the U.S., Grace Shirley Chong of Singapore and Mahon, a United Kingdom native now living in the U.S. Collectively, the group has 11 children ages 2 to 18. The iMums also feature developer interviews, articles and news, and they sponsor "Freebie Fridays" where they give away promo codes for kids' apps, and highlight free and sale apps in the marketplace.
All details of the event will be posted on The iMums website, The iMums Facebook Page, and Twitter. Join their Facebook event to ensure you don't miss anything. Developers wishing to join the event please email mary (at) theimum.com


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In my real life, I'm a total and complete geek. I collect comic books and action figures. I read sci-fi. I've even got a cat named after a character from Star Trek. You can imagine then, I'm sure, the delight that I derive from the fact that U2 (or at… Source: U2 Radio …read more
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Dr. Seuss and Good Bible Reading
My three-year old son loves to "read" Dr. Seuss's Hop on Pop. Of course, he does not actually read the words (especially "Constantinople" and "Timbuktu"). However, he will flip every page and recite every word on the page, not missing more than a couple words in the whole book. Boy genius? No, just a whole lot of repetition. So, in his case, you could say that the secret to good reading is re-reading. While Seuss was a creative writer and his classics are certainly worth the re-read, something about this particular book has captured my young son's little mind. He wants to read it every day. He wants us to read it to him. He wants to read it to us. With every read, he becomes more familiar with its words and images. He has even connected each episode in the book into a larger story, so that you cannot miss one part without having to go back and "read it right." It is also fun to watch him trying to connect the scenes with reality as he weighs the morality of "We fight all night" or wants me to play "hop on Pop" with him (which I usually turn into a tickling match).
The Bible is "misread" if it does not stretch our minds to consider the majesty and grace of God, does not draw our souls to freeing forgiveness or does not compel our hearts to love God and others more than ourselves.
I think my son has discovered something about reading that really applies to good Bible reading. The secret to good Bible reading is re-reading. Reading the Bible daily or having others read it to you (in sermons or small groups) is a great way to have its words, images and truths impressed into our minds. As we continue to read (or re-read), the Bible's larger story becomes more apparent, and we get a better sense of how each "episode" fits within the broader story. Furthermore, to read the Bible rightly includes not only stuffing our brains with more knowledge of biblical trivia or key phrases, but good Bible reading also impacts the whole of our lives. The Bible is "misread" if it does not stretch our minds to consider the majesty and grace of God, does not draw our souls to freeing forgiveness or does not compel our hearts to love God and others more than ourselves. Good Bible reading affects mind, soul and heart.
Do you have a lingering thirst for reading the Bible as God's Word? Just like with a recurring thirst, no matter how many times we have drunk previously, we must drink again and again. So, whether you are beginning your spiritual journey with the Lord or have walked this path many years, drink deeply from the well of God's Word. Every reading or re-reading of the Bible carries the potential of a life-changing encounter with a holy God. As the reformer Martin Luther says in his commentary on Psalm 19, "the Word of God makes healthy men … the Word of God refreshes, revives and comforts the weak, burdened, and disturbed consciences that were previously troubled."
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It's party time!
A while ago the talented Natasha from Nevie-Pie Cakes asked me to make some 'Under the Sea' themed hair clip holders for her little one's birthday party goodie bags. I do love a theme and cannot wait to see Natasha's aquatic dessert table of delights. Here is a sneak peek via Natasha's Instagram pics. I managed to finish the stitching late last night, photographed them as early as I could this morning and bagged and labelled them up for a party happening TODAY at 12 noon!!! Luckily Natasha lives pretty nearby and is fully aware of my last-minute stitching style. Here's what I came up with.
I used some gorgeous Jane Means ribbons and the pom pom trims I am so fond of these days, here are my seahorses.
The jellyfish could double up as clouds too!
I was given free reign with designs and colours, apart from one important factor, the birthday girl simply must have a dolphin. Hopefully she will like one of these specimens.
To see more birthday party favour ideas, take a look at my flickr photo set.
To check out Nevie-Pie Cakes you can find them on facebook, twitter, read their blog or visit their website, you will NOT be disappointed with the ridiculously uber-amazing hand painted cakes and cookies.
Right, I am making the most of the good weather today with my felt family and then tomorrow it's sewing, sewing, sewing.
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Private health insurers are starting to cover telemedicine services for their members. Telehealth products and services vendor Consult A Doctor recently announced availability of MyHealthPlan 24/7, a new cloud-based telemedicine platform designed to support health plans in reducing costs and meeting market demand for more affordable, efficient, and immediate access to quality healthcare.
MyHealthPlan 24/7 gives payer organizations the ability to offer their members on-demand access to their provider networks or, alternatively, Consult A Doctor's national network of on-call physicians. Benefits for employers, health groups, and members include 24/7 physician access, patient portal, and mobile application.
There are also potential benefits for providers because offering telemedicine services can--under the right circumstances--translate to additional revenue, enhanced care management, and flexibility in when services are offered.
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SPORT has always been Quentin Walker's ticket.
A ticket out of trouble. A ticket to a new life on the other side of the world.
The 23-year-old Corio Bay Stingrays basketballer hails from the small American town of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where life can be tough.
His athletic ability earned a scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh, where he was the first in his large family to graduate.
"I come from a bad area where a lot of friends got killed when I was young,'' he said.
"A lot of drugs, violence, murder. Close friends of mine have got shot and killed and two weeks before I left a close friend of mine got killed at college.
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Eleven months ago, with his girlfriend from Anglesea, he made the move to Australia and Geelong, where he's part of the Stingrays' under-23 squad.
"My mother passed away the first week I arrived in Australia, so that's been hard dealing with that since I got here," Walker said.
But her advice before he made the move across the Pacific has been part of the catalyst for his new adventure.
This weekend he'll compete at Australia's most famous foot race, the Stawell Gift.
It'll be among his first steps to what he hopes will be a promising and fulfilling career on the track.
He'll go in with no fear, just as his mother would have wanted.
"Her being gone has just given me that drive to keep pushing and doing my best with the athletics," he said.
"She told me before I left, because I talked to her before I even moved to Australia and asked for advice, and she just told me to go."
Walker met his coach Trevor Beaton — who he calls Mr Trev — at a barbecue and they decided to give a running career another crack.
"I ran a bit in high school and college, I did track and field in college, I was a state champion high jumper in high school and national champion runner-up in college," he said.
"The running, I was always fast on the basketball court.
"The running ties into the basketball, just to keep me in shape, get to that loose ball a bit quicker, get up the floor a bit faster."
He's competed in a couple of meets, and this weekend's contest will be as much about learning as anything.
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"The ultimate goal would be performing in the Olympics," he said.
"If I can get the times down, I'm still young, I'm only 23, a lot of the guys are vets so we're working along.
"Running here at the highest level, I wouldn't mind representing Australia.
"Our goal for this weekend is just getting better, that's the big show there. There's a lot of nervousness but it'll be good, I'm enjoying it, and it's just the experience really.
"If we win that's good but if we don't there's always next year. I'm not done yet, if I don't win you'll see me next year, you'll get familiar."
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While in traditional markets luxury car makers might still be feeling the effects of the world financial crises of 2008, in mainland China things have never been better with astonishing growth figures being recorded as the nation's new wealthy treat themselves to the world's most high-end modes of transport.
The likes of Bentley, BMW and Audi are currently undergoing massive expansion throughout China - Bentley alone have plans for 22 new dealerships in the next 12 months - and it appears the bigger the car the better as far as the Chinese are concerned.
Hence Rolls-Royce sold 500 cars in Great China (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan) in the first 10 months of this year and predicts it will sell 800 in the next 12 months. Bentley, meanwhile, shipped in 559 cars to China in the first 10 months of 2010 - a rise of 71 percent in sales, according to a report on the trend compiled by the marketing consultancy J.D. Power.
In China, Bentley's retail for three million yuan (340,000 euros) while some other makes can fetch as much as nine million yuan (one million euros), the prices bumped up by prohibitive import duties, valued added taxes and consumption taxes that can reach up to 140 percent.
Little worry though to those with the means.
And just how keen international car makers are to keep their Chinese customers happy can be reflected by a story told in Friday's South China Morning Post.
One keen Chinese motorist apparently also had a rather fierce passion for instant noodles - and eating them while driving. No problem, said the people from Bentley, and they soon found it was possible to actually install a microwave oven in one of their cars.
"The guy was very pleased but ultimately didn't order the microwave option. Still it goes to show that whatever our customers dream up, we can make it comes true,'' said Bentley China product manager Rocky Lau.
Sales growth of luxury cars in China from Jan-Oct 2010 (year on year percentage rise): Rolls Royce 438; Mercedes Benz 131; Bentley 71; BMW 69; Audi 53.
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NSW licenced venues have racked up more than 100 strikes under the state government's "three strikes" scheme for serious offences.
Ninety-three venues across the state have been hit with strikes since the scheme was introduced in 2012, including seven venues with two strikes and two venues with three strikes.
Monday marks the two-year anniversary of Thomas Kelly's death. The scheme was in its infancy when the Sydney teenager was punched by Kieren Loveridge in Kings Cross and just eight venues had recorded strikes across NSW.
Now seven Kings Cross venues are among those caught, with six breaching special conditions such as glass bans after midnight, responsible service of alcohol (RSA) marshals and CCTV requirements.
The venues incurring strikes span pubs, clubs, bottleshops, restaurants, karaoke bars and licenced boats. And the serious offences include selling alcohol to a minor, selling alcohol to a drunk person and allowing violence on a licensed premises.
Across the City of Sydney there have been 30 strikes against 28 venues with two venues - the Sam & Terry cafe and Hue Karaoke - being dealt two strikes.
Minister for Hospitality, Gaming and Racing Troy Grant said the government was "serious about ensuring licensees adhere to their obligations to safeguard patrons and venues across the entertainment precinct".
"From 2016, venues on the three strikes register, violent venues list or caught breaching licence conditions will be liable for risk-based loadings including a compliance history loading, a patron capacity loading and also a location loading if they are located in the Kings Cross or Sydney CBD entertainment precincts," he said.
The state's most recent strike went to the Sam & Terry cafe on Pitt Street last month for supplying liquor outside its authorised trading hours.
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Samsung surprised us all recently by announcing it would be producing its own brand new mobile platform, rather than sticking with Android, Symbian, or Windows Phone. Called Bada, it's completely open-source so other developers and manufacturers will be able to tweak it as they see fit. We'll be taking an in-depth look at Bada in an upcoming feature, but today we're going to concentrate on the first device released that uses this new platform. It's called the Samsung Wave, which being as Bada comes from the Korean word for 'ocean', we probably should've seen coming.
The Wave has possibly the nicest form factor of any such all-touchscreen smartphone we've seen. We've long since said that the range of around 3.0 – 3.7in screens is the best compromise between portability, usability (or should that be reachability?), and screen real estate and the Wave's 3.3in one fits perfectly in this range. As a consequence, the body of the phone also feels just the right size, being narrow enough to easily grip, and even though it's quite tall, it doesn't feel top heavy. It may not be quite as slim as the iPhone 4, but at 10.9mm it is still very svelte and thanks to curved edges, it feels considerably more comfortable and is easier to hold.
Build quality is also excellent with most of the outer body being made from brushed aluminium, which is finished in a fetching anodised taupe. Even the battery cover is metal and it's removed with a satisfyingly sturdy sprung clip – no flimsy plastic panels to be prized off here. Top and bottom are two sections of glossy black plastic that, given their likely ability to pick up scratches, aren't ideal, but unless Samsung was to try a similar external aerial trick to Apple it needs to have some plastic sections to let the phone signals out.
One area where many companies still fall foul nowadays is by scrimping on the screen, but thankfully Samsung has given this model a nice tough glass finish that resists scratches well, looks great, and feels nice. Like many, the screen isn't quite perfectly flat, giving it a slightly distracting wobbly finish that takes the edge off the feeling of quality, but only the various iPhones and the Dell Streak spring to mind as handsets that don't suffer from this.
Pressing the phone's various buttons doesn't throw up any causes for concern either. They all have a nice positive action, so you know when you've pressed them, and they're all conveniently positioned. All except for the screen lock button on the right edge. It's not that it's particularly difficult to reach but rather that no other button allows you to unlock/activate the phone, as on most other competitors, so you always need to reach round slightly to get to it, no matter what you're doing.
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Thanks for the review, nicely done.
"Frankly, we've not noticed a significant difference between these and any other good AMOLED screens"
I think the main difference is that Super AMOLED is supposed to work in direct sunlight, unlike most OLED screens. At least, that's what Samsung would have us believe...
@Chris - it's also significantly brighter and colours are stronger (almost too strong IMHO).
Also, as a counterpoint to this, I really don't get on with Bada (or the TouchWiz UI) and don't see the point in its existence - but as Ed says, it is hard to dismiss the Wave at such a low price.
Is there no facility to adjust the colour saturation and / or brightness of the display in the OS?
@Gordon: Surely the point is that Samsung control the App Store, not Apple or Google and thus get a cut of the revenue.
While iOS/Android might have momentum in their App Stores in US/Europe perhaps in Asia they are smaller and that will give Bada a chance to grow there before being big enough to compete over here. Mind you at that price it's a great phone (kills all dumbphones) and if their App Store grows will soon compete with Android and then iOS.
Still wouldn't touch this over an Android phone myself though.
Sticks with dumbphone because smartphones and their owners aren't smart enough.
It's a shame that we have to watch an advert before the video - I suppose TR has to get funds from somewhere, but it's intrusive.
what ad? I don't see one. A brief spash screen for TR and then straight into the main feature.
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@timbo347: No sympathy to be honest. It's the least you can do to access our free content and it's certainly not intrusive. I could understand if it were five minutes long but it's a quick 20 second ad at the beginning of a 3 to 4 minute video.
@Martin Daler: The ads are frequency capped - you won't always see one.
@apojapo: Yup.
So, any user benefit from the "4x the power" you flagged earlier? Did you even notice it?
Edward Chester I see you as an I phone person. On the I phone review you gave 10/10 for features & performance however Samsung seems to fail by 1?? And as good as the Super Amoled is amongst other screens you some how found a way to slate it. !!
I don't mind the ads - they pay for the site folks!
@Martin Daler: Those 4x figures refer to its 3D graphics processing power which is only really put to the test in games. I tried a couple of racing games and they certainly looked quite nice but I don't suppose they were really taxing it. This is a perfect example of how the limited developer support will hold back Bada - there are a total of 119 games currently on the app store.
@Zero: Yes, the iPhone 4 has more features and it's screen is better. Your point being?
@Martin: any user benefit from the "4x the power"
Most IPhone4 users :), from what I can gather it's the same chip. No idea what deal Samsung/Apple have going here. Maybe Apple helped design and Samsung manufactured, and maybe a deal was also made so that Apple didn't mind Bada been so similar to IOS.
To Edward Chester, just some constructive criticism.
First Wave soports Flash (it's disabled by default), second design doesn't include only how much do you like the looks of device, one major design flaws by Apple is antenna issue, third does the features score refers to Flash support, if not why don't we just use text only web, fourth how do you determine display quality size, contrast resolution, brightness, refresh rate, viewing angle...
it seems edward chester does not like samsung...either samsung wave or samsung galaxy s should hav a TR recom (or both).. but noo...cuz itz being reviewed by edward!
Respected reviewer...i differ on atleast one one point- the screen of wave that is superamoliad is stunning...way ahead of anyphone including iphone4. i have seen the screens of wave n galaxy s...in its comparision iphone4 screen looks washedaway....put side by side all the three phone WAVE, GALAXYS and IPHONE 4... and the difference is glaring...wave beats iphone4..by miles...and wave costs just one third of iphone4....how many app can one use in iphone...when is not multitasking....close one n start another in iphone....wave n galaxy have cornered iphone3,4 for now...that is for sure.
Hi have anyone else seen that o2 are selling this for £10 a month with a free phone. An absolute steal on epic proportions so if that is the case and you compare this to other £10 a month phones then the samsung wave is 10 out of 10 I think.
Superb hardware (especially screen). Probably the best phone for video capture I´ve ever tried. With the release of Bada 2.0, will achieve a solid position as alternative OS compared to Ios and Android.
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send out invitations for a press event. This would confirm earlier reports that Apple would have an October event for the 7.85 inch tablet separate from the September introduction of the Apple iPhone 5. Most likely Apple didn't want the media attention focused on one device to cannibalize what would have been the attention focused on the other device. With the world wide media focus that the Apple iPhone receives, had the Apple iPad mini been introduced last month alongside the handset, it might have ended up being swept aside amongst an avalanche of stories about the larger 4 inch screen, the faster processor and the LTE connectivity on the new iPhone 5.
The Apple iPad mini is expected to compete in the low priced tablet category where the Amazon Kindle Fire and the Google Nexus 7 dwell. Last year during the holiday season, the freshly launched Amazon Kindle Fire, competed strongly against the Apple iPad 2. The Apple iPad mini is said to look more like the Apple iPhone than the Apple iPad, with a screen surrounded by a bezel.
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They might be young, but they know that in some parts of the world, students walk two to three miles to school every day, carrying books or sometimes even a brother or sister. They know that in some countries, kids don't have video games, roller skates, swimming pools or even school supplies. But luckily, fifth-grade students Eric Nebel, Grant Deakins, Hailey Schleter, Jhania Blanchard, Kettie Tesfa and Milena Cornejo also know that they can make a difference.
"I've always wanted to be a part of a big charity," said Jhania, from Elm Creek Elementary School. "Because I want to help people."
At the end of March, the students – along with program leader Tammie Epley and Weaver Lake Elementary School Principal Gretchen Peel – traveled to Mexico to deliver school supplies to the needy children of Sasabe, Mexico. They spent a full day south of the border, as well as two days in Tucson, Ariz., experiencing how students in another culture live and learn.
"It's very eye-opening to see how other people live," Epley said. "We have so much more than a lot of other people in the world, and a lot of our kids take it for granted until they see, firsthand, people who don't have everything we do."
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Epley began the program, called Students Connecting Through International Service, seven years ago by collecting donated school supplies for the students of Sasabe. Over the years, the program has grown from what Epley's husband once called her "hobby" to a full-time project because it encompasses so much more than just a trip to Mexico.
For five months prior to the trip, Epley and the students – who were selected based on an essay competition – met every other Tuesday night for two hours. They made posters to advertise their school supply drives, learned some Spanish, sampled Mexican food and wrote to pen-pals in Arizona, and they also discussed issues such as immigration, poverty, religion and culture. Right away, the students learned to work in an unfamiliar group, as they are all from different schools and backgrounds.
"They learn as much from each other as they do from their Mexican counterparts," Epley said. "It's a huge cultural exchange."
Plus, said Valeria Waldner, mother of Oak View Elementary student Milena, the students learned public speaking skills from presenting their trip to multiple large groups, including the school board and several community groups, such as the Rotary Club and the Lions Club. In addition, each student spoke to every class in his or her school to kick off the week-long campaign to raise funds for school supplies for Sasabe students.
The students all admit they were nervous about speaking in front of big groups, but say it turned out all right. "It was a lot of fun," said Kettie, from Park Brook Elementary School. "There was an envelope in each classroom for money, and if anyone had any donations they put them in the envelope, and every day I collected the money."
The students' combined goal was to raise $6,500, which went toward folders, notebooks, pencils, crayons, colored pencils, markers and backpacks for every student in Sasabe, as well as calculators for the fourth-through sixth-graders. In addition, it bought paper and ink for the school's printer and sports equipment, such as soccer balls and basketballs. Additional donations from the public and community groups helped with plane tickets, meals and accommodations.
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Even though the kids had three days off from school to take their trip, it wasn't all sun and fun. With all the efforts they put in, "going to Mexico was more work than school," Milena said.
On Wednesday, March 25, the kids flew into Tucson, bought school supplies and met their Arizona pen-pals. On Friday, they drove two hours south to Sasabe.
Crossing the boarder has never been a hassle, Epley said, but it's always an extremely involved process. Each student must have a passport or Green Card as well as a notarized signature from both parents – and they mean both. Those signatures are so important that last year, Epley says, one of the students had to mail her permission slip to her mother, who was still living in Ghana. For her to sign the slip in front of a notary public, she had to walk to the only American embassy in the country – a full day's journey. But that's how special this trip is.
Once in Sasabe, the Minnesotan students presented the school supplies to the Mexican teachers and students, which Kettie said was her favorite part of the trip. "I liked giving the supplies to the kids and seeing their faces," she said.
The Mexican students "treated us like celebrities," Epley said. There were a few officials from the Mexican government present, and the Sasabe students performed skits, sang songs and put together a "museum" of Mexican antiques for the Minnesotans to see. They were also eager to show off their new community library, which they'd assembled with the books Epley and her students have brought over the past few years. Before they returned to Tucson, the Maple Grove students shared lunch with the Sasabe students.
In previous years, the Minnesota students had toured the town of Sasabe and its only source of employment, the brick factory. (This year, due to their full schedule, they didn't have time.)
It would be an experience worth repeating, however. "[Last year] they were stunned when they saw the clay pit and people making bricks by hand," Epley said. "They said, 'we've never seen people work so hard for so little money.' And they all commented on how happy the people seemed, even though they didn't have as many material possessions."
"It's much more of an experience than I ever thought it would be," she said.
The Sasabe students drove north to Tucson on Saturday, and together with Eric, Grant, Hailey, Jhania, Kettie, Milena and their Arizona pen-pals, the Minnesotan students explored the Sonora Desert Museum. Later, the students from all three regions shared lunch at McDonalds and went swimming. It was the first time many of the Mexican students had seen an ice machine, Epley said, or swam in a pool.
"We learned to appreciate what we have here," she said.
… and home again
The students flew home on Sunday, but the program didn't end when the Northwest jet hit the runway. The students continued to meet, wrote thank-you notes, created a DVD of their trip and gave more presentations to share their trip with their classmates. After all, the students who did not go on the trip still helped by giving donations to buy the school supplies for the Sasabe students.
"When I volunteered at my kids' school, we did every drive for the hurricanes, tsunamis, Red Cross and everything," Epley said, "and for a lot of kids, that money just dissipates. I want these kids to feel connected, to see what a difference they make."
The six students also attended another school board meeting, where a representative from the Mexican Consulate presented them with a plaque, thanking them for helping the students of Mexico.
"That's another perk I never would have expected," Epley said.
But the best benefits of the program are less tangible. The trip has changed the students in profound ways, Epley said. They learned to be accepting of other people's opinions and perspectives, and they learned to step outside of their own experiences.
"This was a once-in-a-lifetime chance," Milena said. "I really wanted to help others and know what it's like for others in a different situation than we are."
Since the start of the program, Milena's mother has seen changes in her daughter. She's more confident now, Waldner said, and she's grown in many ways. "She was used to getting what she wanted – not everything, but most of it," Waldner said. "And now she appreciates what she has more."
Kettie always wanted to travel and meet other people, said her mother, Amele Hailu, and since participating in the program, she tries to speak Spanish at home. She talks about Mexico every day – especially if she hears something about it on the news.
"She wants to mix with different people from different countries," Hailu said.
Other parents reported to Epley that their children are now more ambitious and have a drive to help others. "They say, 'this is a different kid,'" she said. "They learn that we can make a big difference."
So now, even though they might be young, and they might not be able to speak much Spanish, Eric, Grant, Hailey, Jhania, Kettie and Milena know that a big smile means thank-you in any language.


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I am on my second tray and just got these attachments on several teeth, including the front teeth that are very noticeable and look much worse than my teeth before invisalign. I am an over 40 professional and cannot deal with these for 9 months! The color does not match and they protrude significantly. What happens if I get them removed? I already paid in full and did not know about these attachments until The appt where they show you the video of your teeth and projected results. I was also told they were very small, not noticeable, and identical color to teeth. I plan on going back to discuss options next week. I have had the attachments for only a week and I am so self conscious I am not smiling anymore. And of course I have a lisp too. I don't mind the trays only or the attachments on lower teeth either. Anyone have advice on best way to proceed? See photos. Lisa


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Johannapine Works To Keep Flawless Record Alive At Flemington
Johannapine will attempt to keep her unbeaten record alive when she takes her place in the Tauto Handicap at Flemington tomorrow.
The lightly raced four-year-old mare has had just two race starts during her career, and has manged to win each of them.
Johannapine won her debut start at Ballarat by an extraordinary eight lengths …
Johannapine To Miss Out On Spring Campaign
Unbeaten three-year-old Johannapine will not continue on to the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival after failing to produce her quick turn of foot when racing at Sandown yesterday.
The Johannesburg filly still managed to claim a narrow win in the event, however, it was far from her eight length victory she posted on debut.
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Hi! Do you think this floral? pattern on this Kenzo scarf/hat would be hard? Anyone know of any patterns that look similar (to the flowers themselves not the whole hat/scarf thing in particular)???? And, do you think this wool is felted? or just fuzzy????. Thanks!
(p.s. lets someone knit those underwear! lol. ...... )
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It looks like mohair or somthing like it to me...intarsia on the flowers would be my guess, too.
It's definitely knitted..... you're right maybe mohair? Maybe a felted mohair? I've done a bit of intarsia/ fair isle work. I think? I could do this. (though lots of color changing! ..... ....... ) ........


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The Obama administration tried to turn the doom-and-gloom up a notch over the weekend, releasing reports on how many employees each state could lose if sequestration isn't stopped. Teachers were prominently featured, of course, because nothing scares people like the prospect of their kids not getting educated.
"Could" is a crucial word here, because it is entirely possible that savings could be found that would negate the need to dismiss people. For instance, unnecessary purchases could be cancelled, or all employees could take small pay cuts. But suppose worst-case firings did come. How horrific would the education damage be?
It turns out, once you look at the overall staffing picture, not very. Using a compilation of the state reports put together by the Washington Post, as well as Digest of Education Statistics staffing data, we assembled the following table calculating how big a percentage of public school employees in each state would disappear in the worst-case scenario. Unlike the administration, we included the numerator and the denominator.


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The tattoo artist and model reveals that she and her fiance Deadmau5's wedding is inspired by short story 'The Call of Cthulhu', which tells about a half human and half octopus character.
Following their unconventional Twitter proposal, Kat Von D and fiance Deadmau5 are planning to have an unconventional nuptials. Kat revealed her plan on saying "I do" in an underwater-themed wedding, which she chose because she and her electronic-musician fiance shared mutual love for H.P. Lovecraft's short story about a character that is half-man, half-octopus, "The Call of Cthulhu".
Assuring everyone that the wedding would be "the furthest thing from traditional," Kat said that the Los Angeles celebration party would include performers in mermaid costumes, 200 guests, and various blue and green-colored food. As for her wedding gown, Kat explained that it would fit the theme.
"It will have a sleek silhouette and include hints of iridescent teals, blues and deep violet ombre gradients," the 31-year-old tattoo artist said. She admitted that the gown which would be made by Falguni and Shane Peacock was co-designed by her fiance. "I didn't know the dress was supposed to be a surprise," she added.
Kat and Deadmau5 got engaged back in December 2012. Deadmau5 took to Twitter to actually propose to his girlfriend. "I can't wait for Christmas so ... Katherine Von Drachenberg, will you marry me?" he tweeted and attached a photo of a diamond ring along with a caption read, "Changing the diamond to black diamond FYI. Sorry for the jpg... they'll finish the actual ring soon I hope."
Kat was previously engaged to actress Sandra Bullock's ex-husband, Jesse James. They called off their engagement in September 2011.


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It's certainly not the most destructive myth in the USA (this is), but definitely one of the more pervasive ones – this idea that the Fed is entirely independent of the US government. But a new paper from the NY Fed sheds light on what they call a "symbiotic relationship". A close look at the management of government funds during the financial crisis shows that this debate about independence is largely semantics. Operationally, the Fed is very much an agent of the government or as I often like to say – the other pocket in the same pair of pants as the US Treasury. But don't take it from me. Take it from the Fed officials themselves:
"The U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve System have long enjoyed a close relationship, each helping the other to carry out certain statutory responsibilities. This relationship proved benefi cial during the 2008-09 fi nancial crisis, when the Treasury altered its cash management practices to facilitate the Fed's dramatic expansion of credit to banks, primary dealers, and foreign central banks.
…Understanding the relationship between Federal Reserve credit policy and Treasury cash management is important because the relationship illuminates an important but sometimes unappreciated interface between the Treasury and the Fed. It also underscores the symbiotic relationship between the two institutions, in which each assists the other in fulfilling its statutory responsibilities."
MMR views the world in a similar light. As an agent of the US government the Fed is essentially a partner in helping the US government achieves its objectives. In this regard it is very much a part of the US government. There's no point denying it. Even the Fed knows this relationship is symbiotic and they're explicit about it….


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Jordan Scarlett, 2015 RB, St. Thomas Aquinas
Scarlett is already a well known commodity in the recruiting world and he did nothing to disappoint on Sunday. Blessed with prototype size, he showed the burst and more importantly vision in drill work and during competitions. The FAU commitment is one of the nations best and will be pursued until signing day.
Mark Walton, 2016 RB, Booker T. Washington
The Miami commitment was trying to re-classify to the 2015 class, but it appears as if South Florida football fans will have an opportunity to watch this dynamic athlete for another two years. Walton continues to add size and has all the physical tools to be special. He should get more opportunity to shine in pads next year.
Sam Bruce, 2016 WR, St. Thomas Aquinas
Bruce's game is made for the camp circuit as he is impossible to cover in space and will catch everything thrown his way. What Bruce lacks in height, he makes up for with crisp routes and a competitive desire to win every rep. He will liklely end up in the slot at the next level and should be more than ready from day one.
Calvin Ridley, 2015 WR/CB, Coconut Creek Monarch
Ridley's stock can't get much higher, but he cemented that status with another performance that has it's share of elite plays. He makes everything look easy and physically is a loose athlete with speed and acceleration. While he worked at WR on Sunday, he might have even more upside as a potential CB. His length (6-foot-0 plus) and tools scream first rounder.
Dionte Mullins, 2016 WR, Gulliver
Another prospect with a couple of years remaining, Mullins made 3-4 catches that were sensational and has the frame to add considerable weight down the road. Mullins does all the little things at a high level and we were impressed with competitiveness.
Da'vante Phillips, 2015 WR, Miami Central
Phillips is a veteran of these type of events as he has been on the radar since being a freshmen stand-out at Miami Central. He continues to add weight, get stronger, and add elements to his game. Phillips is tremendous out of his breaks and seemingly creates separation at will. He will go up and get the football as well as work the middle of the field. The one-time UF verbal is taking things slowly on the recruiting trail.
Leeward Brown, 2015 OL, Miramar
Brown has slimmed down from season and it showed with improved footwork. He has great punch at the line of scrimmage and stoned several defenders in 1on1's. The Miami commitment will line up inside, likely at guard, at the next level and has that type of wide body that carry plenty of weight down the road. Most importantly he was playing with confidence and a mean streak.
Christian Strachan, 2015 OL, Chaminade
The top offensive tackle in attendance, Strachen flashed the type of feet, bend, and length that colleges are looking for with their tackles. He has some work to do in the technique department, but it was also easy to see that he has improved significantly over the past year. We would look for him to have a big Spring.
Jamie Newberg and Chad Simmons contributed to this.
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Did anyone think Pittsburgh would be the best team in the majors at all, let alone this late? Don't lie, you know you didn't. Yet here they are, 51-30 (.630) and winners of nine straight. Boston has joined them as new leaders of a league, thanks to some problems in the camps of Oakland and St Louis. In fact, five of the six divisions are led by no more than 2.5 games, so things are very wide open. Going for a division instead of a Wildcard spot marks many teams' best shots at this point, so let's look at what would happen if the playoffs started as of Monday, July 1 at 7:05pm:
With nine straight victories, the improbable Pirates refuse to drop off like in past seasons, and are now two games ahead of the Cardinals. Pittsburgh hasn't played October baseball in some time, but with the way they're playing, it'll be tough to tell.
Arizona has lost three in a row, but all other teams in the NL West are below .500. Conversely, Atlanta has won three straight and leads the NL East by 6.5 games. Neither side is above .500 on the road, so with home-field advantage and an active winning streak, Atlanta has the advantage in this one.
Not too long ago, this would have been a thrilling powerhouse match-up, but with both teams' struggles, it's closer to an exercise in futility at this point. Both teams have much more than enough talent to snap back onto a winning streak at any moment, but for the time being, it's been rough sailing. In a playoff game, Cincinnati would have to overcome their losing road record as well as St Louis' ace Adam Wainwright, certainly a tall task even for them.
Boston has become the first AL team to reach 50 wins. Not only that, they've done so while nicely weathering the injury bug, especially to key pitchers. Koji Uehara has performed very well to fill the hole at closer, and some younger guys are making noticeable impacts for the team. Boston finds themselves in a very good position, and will be very difficult for anyone to remove from contention.
Texas is 8-2 in their last 10, good for a half-game lead over Oakland. Four straight wins of their own have Cleveland half a game above Detroit, having erased a massive deficit in the division fairly quickly. Cleveland may be benefiting from a weak division, but that doesn't mean they should be taken lightly. Especially with home-field advantage, Texas can definitely win, but Cleveland has a talent surplus in the outfield and the corner infield, so any hesitation from Texas and Cleveland will be moving on.
Oakland continues to jockey for position with Texas, while Baltimore has a comfortable hold on a Wildcard spot in the AL East. In fact, Baltimore has won four straight, including a sweep of the Yankees, never an easy thing to do. With Baltimore on a roll and having solidified a niche for themselves, don't be surprised if they win the Wildcard game again.
Tags: Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, MLB Playoffs, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers


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>Edward Rayl wrote: >I have not used EXCEPT, but I am assuming, as well, that it maps to MINUS. Oracle's MINUS is the equivalent of EXCEPT and returns unique (distinct) rows. Oracle uses the same precedence for UNION, INTERSECT and MINUS. So what precedence should Derby use? I agree with previous comments that a strategy should be discussed and adopted. A starting point might be to see where folks stand on the relative importance of various aspects of the issue: 1. Rank the importance of being compatible with each of the other databases of concern. A. Which DB is it most important to be compatible with? My vote here is DB2 since Derby would not exist as opensource without IBM's generosity. Since there is every indication that they intend to provide continued support and cooperation to the project it makes sense to me to make that as attractive as possible unless there is a compelling reason to diverge. 2. How important (on a scale of 1-10) is portability in migrating FROM Derby to other databases? A. Derby's use of UNION DISTINCT would be non-portable to ORACLE and DB2 but the non-portability would not go unnoticed; it would be simple to find and fix the problem. B. Derby's use of higher precedence for INTERSECT would be non-portable to ORACLE since oracle uses the same precedence. This could easily go unnoticed since there would be no compile error but a difference in the result set. This type of non-visible portability issue can be very hard to detect. 3. How important is portability in migrating TO Derby from other databases? A. Derby's use of UNION DISTINCT would be portable since the word DISTINCT is not mandatory. 4. Should Derby adopt the Least Common Denominator standard? My own experience is that, in practice, portability is over-hyped. Every Oracle-to-DB2 (and vice versa) project I have worked on involved examining every important query manually to optimize it. I would much rather have a query not work, perhaps because of the use of UNION DISTINCT rather than just UNION, than work but give different results. Oracle allows embedded hints making such queries non-portable to almost every other database. For years DB2 supported TABLE expressions while other database did not; all of those queries were non-portable. Unless we plan to maintain a table like that in 'http://www.dbazine.com/gulutzan3.shtml' of differences the closer we stick to the SQL standard the easier it will be for integrator's to know how to work with Derby in their environment.
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