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The education market is providing a lesson on how organizations can transform big data into big insights. In the last post, we looked at how digital trends and technologies are generating large stores of unstructured data. Higher education is embracing predictive analytics to make sense of the data and help students to be more engaged and successful.
Analytics provide a clear link between students' actions and their potential outcomes. Understanding this link allows educators to become problem solvers, providing the assets needed to guide each student to improve performance and to attain specific outcomes. Used properly, analytics can provide educators with insights into their students' current and future performance.
[Also see: Smart Education Meets 'Moneyball' (Part I)]
For instance, if a high-performing student starts spending less time online working with peers, an analytics solution would alert the instructor. The instructor could be notified of an issue that potentially stems from unsuccessful social engagement with other students. This type of monitoring can be easily executed by teaching assistants who collaborate with the instructor.
These relationships between teaching assistants and instructors, and between instructors and students, allow each student to maximize his or her learning potential. Too often, students are left behind, miss class, and do substandard work without instructors having any idea. Used supportively, and with the permission of students, analytics allow faculty to enhance the performance of all students and to avert difficulties that are seldom noted, especially in large classes.
One major criticism of institutional education is that educators spend most of their time with top performers or troublemakers, leaving the "B's and C's" behind with a less personalized learning experience. This situation leads to students "slipping through the cracks," particularly in larger classrooms.
Predictive analytics are helping educators personalize learning experiences, as well as providing an objective view of student success. When analyzed, class data reveals that additional help in skills mastery or a retest may be required based on the overall results achieved within a particular unit. These opportunities allow students in the middle of the curve to increase their success levels.
Conversely, analytics allow professors to note possible lapses in their own teaching. If assignment scores vary across sections significantly, instructors can note the need to convey troublesome material in another way. Thus, analytics can benefit instructors who are new to teaching, while allowing seasoned teachers to check the success of their instruction. For example, such feedback is essential in classes where the language of instruction is not the students' first language, or in introductory classes, where students are having their first experience with a new discipline.
Personalizing the educational experience is the perennial goal of education reform – providing all students with a specific plan for achievement, based on their own abilities and levels. Predictive analytics makes this goal a reality by providing the insight and visibility into learning patterns and potential outcomes that can help educators teach to each student's strengths and weaknesses. By increasing the potential for greater participation, by providing a basis for further review and reinforcement, and by creating a portfolio that can be added to endlessly to support the student's (and the graduate's) learning, analytics can strengthen performance for students and instructors alike.
Student achievement and growth should not simply prevent a few students from failing, or making sure the "A" students don't "get bored." Efforts to enhance student growth should also focus on the great majority of "C" and "B" students who could be "A" students with a little more personalized attention. Classroom size and student-to-teacher ratios have been the major roadblocks to this type of education for years. Predictive analytics are helping educators tear down these barriers and create a better educational experience for every student.
In the next decade, President Obama wants to raise America's college graduation rate to 60 percent. It's an aggressive goal considering that just over 40 percent of Americans aged 25-34 have college degrees. If analytics can help optimize our nation's finite education resources and potentially solve one of America's greatest challenges – improving student performance and graduation rates – imagine what it can do to empower your employees.
John Baker founded Desire2Learn in 1999 at the age of 22, while still a Systems Design Engineering student at the University of Waterloo.


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5/19/2017SFPE Announces Training Courses on Combustible Liquids and Industrial Fire Protection
5/16/2017New Research Poster Session Added
6/26/2017Member Only Webinar: Performance-Based Designs Revisited
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I am trying to find the reason for the high NOx on my 1984 GTI Rabbit.
Cylinder #2 exhaust valve clearence is .30mm (measured with the engine hot), the hot spec is (.40mm - .50mm) , I also measured cold with the cold spec and it is out the same amount .10mm (actually it is out .20mm as you subtract the measured clearance from the specified max clearance (.50mm - .30mm = .20mm)
will this cause a hot spot that might then increase combustion temp that would increase NOx?
Let me add that the NOx is 1091, the California emissions spec is 845 max


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Dark Gray Metallic, it is a base model no unnecessary options/weight added!
66,500 miles on it
It was a total loss when I bought it. Rear Left quarter panel and rear hatch and bumper cover had to be replaced. I still got an insurance estimate for about $5.5K worth of damage. Why they totaled the car is unknown to me since it has to be 75% of a car value. All repaired in a professional body shop. Inspected and ready to go. Got title and inspection form in hand. PASSED SALVAGE INSPECTION and PASSED EMISSIONS IN CT. I got some pics of the car before repairs too. No airbags NO FRAME DAMAGE. All original parts from Subaru used. No suspension damage done to the car. Drives perfect aligned perfect. Engine tranny clutch in perfect working order. No lights or codes. Very strong power train used by an 45y.o guy who did not beat on this thing as far as I can tell. It is dirty inside and outside since I drive it every day. I will get it professionally detailed when sold. There is couple dents here and there no big scratches. I have a invisible bra kit on this car too. It does have 17 inch Sport Signature rims and Blizzak Snow tires installed. I do not have summer tires/rims for it. I work for a dealer and always wanted an STI. But due to increased family volume ( yes I have a child on the way) this beauty has to go ((
I got all the paperwork of work performed (it was done at the dealership I work for and it was done for me).
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The University of Northern Colorado's chapter of the Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society, the Gold Key Club, was among the outstanding Mortar Board chapters honored at the 2013 Mortar Board National Conference, held this summer in Atlanta.
The chapter was one of only six chapters to be named a finalist for the Ruth Weimer Mount Chapter Excellence Award, the top prize for a collegiate chapter. Finalists are chosen based on chapter operations, campus visibility, member participation, advising, communications and chapter projects.
Additionally, the chapter merited the Golden Torch Award, presented annually to the most successful chapters of Mortar Board. Recipient chapters must excel beyond minimum standards, accomplishing significant results in chapter management and contributing meaningful service to the alma mater. Two Project Excellence awards were also given to the chapter for its Virtual Book Drive fundraiser and its participation in the annual section project to clean up the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center in Colorado Springs.
Mortar Board is the premier national honor society recognizing college seniors for outstanding achievement in scholarship, leadership and service. Since its founding in 1918, more than a quarter of a million members have held the honor of being initiated at 230 chartered chapters across the nation. Mortar Board provides its members with opportunities for continued leadership development, promotes service to colleges and universities and encourages lifelong contributions to the global community. Some notable Mortar Board members include professional football player and philanthropist Drew Brees, former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and award-winning actor Marion Ross. Learn more about Mortar Board at www.mortarboard.org.
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If you think that the bedroom is all about arranging a covers and pillows on it than, it is absolutely wrong. There are many things that you can do to enhance the appeal of the bedroom. With lots of designing ideas available on a wider scale; designing the bedroom could be extensive. From classic to contemporary and from Asian to Tuscan bedroom designs options are varied and wide unlike other options in the house. While taking of the task of designing of the bedroom, we usually forget to tend to the basic things such as flooring.
Themes like contemporary, chic, country can be achieved with various floorings options. Remember, always choose flooring that is practical and, matches best with the overall theme of the bedroom. Today, with so many beautiful bedroom flooring designs you can get inventive designs that, will really transform your sleeping quarters.
Gone are the days, of that bog-standard layout available for the flooring. Witnessing the present day's trend, there are more varieties options of the beautiful bedroom flooring designs available such as:
Vinyl flooring: This is a cheaper option that can be installed for the existing floors especially for the kid's bedroom since; the spillage can be cleaned easily. This flooring is water-resistant and has a lasting effect. The colours, designs have increased dramatically and, today you are offered with lots of options to choose from.
Wooden flooring: This flooring is the common choice and vastly seen in majority of the households. The flooring is scratch resistant, durable and can be maintained easily. However; you need to careful with the spillage. There are various colour shades available to match the décor of the bedroom. To make your bedroom more chic, you can add rugs which could be a real design statement.
Ceramic tiles and natural stones: Since, they come with great durability and appealing look, these tiles are favourite choice for many home owners. The natural stone flooring tiles is available in varied shades and are perfect for the bedroom flooring adding a traditional appeal to it. Ceramic tiles are used for flooring for years but, with changing of time they are now available in many colour and designs. You can be little creative with the designing thing and come up with some innovative design for your bedroom floor.
Marble: Having marble flooring in the bedroom gives the bigwig look, like that of residing in a castle. It is one of the expensive tile flooring. Depending upon the size of your bedroom the cost may varies but, if you are thinking to get something rich and elegant that, it is worth getting marble flooring along with taking care of the budget details.


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It's farmers market week at two locales
This is National Farmers Market Week, with recognition of the backyard farmers who sell their fruit, vegetables, eggs and more at the Oro Valley Farmers Market each Saturday morning.
Five gardeners from Marana, Catalina and Three Points sell homegrown vegetables and fruits, and one sells fresh eggs at the Oro Valley market, held each Saturday morning on the town government campus at La Cañada and Naranja.
The Farmers Market Nutrition Program has been introduced in Oro Valley, according to a release from Tucson Farmers Market. It allows authorized local growers to accept food vouchers from participating low-income mothers and seniors.
This is the 10th annual National Farmers Market Week. The Saturday farmers' market in Oro Valley, begun in 2003, and its companion Sunday market at St. Philip's Plaza, begun in 1998, are two of 4,800 in the country. There are 23 farmers and ranchers selling a wide variety of products, other vendors and more at each greater Tucson location.
"Tucson Farmers Market with its farmers, ranchers and cottage goods is a unique part of Tucson and we are wholeheartedly committed to its future," said market manager Roxanne Garcia.
Free landscape training starts Aug. 11 in city
A free, certified landscape professional training series through the Pima County Cooperative Extension Service begins Tuesday, Aug. 11.
The landscape water conservation and education program, called Smartscape, is being taught Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at the county's natural resources, parks and recreation location, 3500 W. River between Shannon and Orange Grove.
Certification for green industry and allied personnel is offered twice a year. Over the course of nine classes, students get "informative, research-based instruction with classes designed to promote best landscape management practices for the urban Sonoran Desert landscape," a release said.
Subjects include soil, plants and water; desert-adapted plants; drip irrigation and controllers; designing and renovating; plant selection and installation; maintaining desert-adapted plants; integrated pest management; plant diseases and landscape water management. The course runs through Sept. 8.
Registration is required. For information, call 626-5161, or go to http://www.ag.arizona.edu/pima/smartscape">www.ag.arizona.edu/pima/smartscape.
OV residents can learn police work
The Oro Valley Police Department is offering residents a chance to learn more about law enforcement through its Citizens Police Academy.
Participants will meet officers, see SWAT demonstrations, learn about criminal investigations and get to see police K9 units inaction.
The academy runs every Tuesday from Sept. 1 through Nov. 17, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Space is limited. For information or sign up, contact Officer Jodi Brackett at 229-2900.
Catalina Elks lodge is an 'All-American' winner
Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge #2815 has been named an "All American Lodge" in Division II.
The Lodge, under the leadership of 2008-'09 exalted ruler Lee Cook, was recognized at the Grand Lodge Convention in Portland, Ore., last month.
Catalina Mountain competed with several hundred lodges throughout the country with a membership of 301-500 people for the honor. The Lodge received points for participating in community activities such as student scholarships, Special Olympics, youth soccer and hoop shoots, a dictionary program, a children's Christmas shopping spree, drug awareness and veterans' programs.
Catalina Mountain was instituted Oct. 14, 2000. It has 360 members.
Marana recognized for excellence in financial reporting
The Town of Marana finance department has been named recipient of a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association.
The award, for fiscal 2008, is for the town's comprehensive annual financial report. The report was judged by an impartial panel "as meeting the highest standards of the program, including demonstrating a constructive spirit of full disclosure to clearly communicate its financial story and motivate potential users to read it," a release said.
"Receiving this award shows the town's commitment to providing Marana's citizens with a high level of detailed financial information," said Marana Finance Director Erik Montague. "We are accountable to our citizens and we take that duty seriously."
The GFOA is a nonprofit association that serves 17,500 government finance professionals in North America.
Maranans can sign for Oct. 3 safety festivities
Registration begins in August for Marana residents who would like to participate in the town's Getting Arizona Involved in Neighborhoods celebration on Oct. 3.
GAIN is an annual statewide crime prevention celebration. Locally, it's a partnership among the Marana Police Department, town government officials, neighborhood watch programs, homeowner associations, apartment communities and other town residents. The event is designed "to emphasize the community's role in crime prevention and highlight areas in which they can support the police department's efforts in the daily fight against crime," a release said.
Citizens can participate by holding block parties, barbeques or youth activities. In addition to police department personnel, representatives from several Town of Marana departments are attending events to answer questions and highlight resources that are available to assist in efforts "to improve the safety, security and quality of life in neighborhoods and business districts."
Online registration runs Aug. 17 through Sept. 11. More information can be found at http://www.marana.com/gain">www.marana.com/gain.
Info sessions for victim advocacy in September
Informational sessions about volunteer victim advocacy are planned in early September by Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall.
Residents who want to learn about opportunities with the Victim Witness Program can go to the Patrick Hardesty Training Center, 2225 E. Ajo Way, from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, or to Pima County Juvenile Courts, 1100 S. Alvernon, from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10.
Six-week training sessions start Tuesday, Sept. 22. Interested volunteers must first attend one of the two informational sessions.
There are a number of volunteer opportunities, LaWall said in a release. Volunteers provide "on-scene crisis intervention to crime victims and their families," and they can "support victims through the court process.
"The Victim Witness Program offers outstanding opportunities for personal and professional growth," the release said.
For more information, call Morgan Grygutis at 740-5525.
Four named to TREO board
Several new private sector business leaders have joined the board of directors of Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, Inc.
They are Christopher Clements, CEO, Golden Eagle Distributors Inc.; Hany Massarany, president, Ventana Medical Systems, head, Roche Tissue Diagnostics; and Dennis Minano, chairman of the board, IntegriGuard.
Additionally, Ray Bargull has joined TREO's board as the representative of the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. He is the chamber's new chairman of the board, replacing previous chair Bonnie Allin of the Tucson Airport Authority. Bargull is executive vice president of Sundt Construction Inc.
"TREO is pleased to welcome these new community leaders to our board of directors," said Joe Snell, TREO president and CEO. "As representatives of several of Southern Arizona's major employers, their input as we move forward on regional economic development issues is critical."


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Q & A: Kathy Bates on 'Harry's Law' and the surprises of being a lead in a network show
Kathy's biggest challenge: "absorbing the lines and digesting them so that the lines disappear and Harry takes their place"
Ben Platt on How He Found Himself Starring in 'Dear Evan Hansen'
"Every day is a different sort of vibe and feeling. It can be impacted by anything from like, "Is it raining outside?" to "Are there a lot of old people?"" - Ben Platt
Geoffrey Rush: "In my theatrical repertoire, I rarely played the central character"
"I suppose I'm drawn to — I'd call them all outsider figures." - Geoffrey Rush
Michaela Watkins on the Challenge of Finally Landing a Long-Term Role in 'Casual'
"I felt like I really want to chew the meat. I just really want to get to know somebody in a consistent way." - Michaela Watkins on Her Role in 'Casual'
Tony Nominee Corey Hawkins on His Nearly-Disastrous Juilliard Audition
"I remember thinking, 'I want to go to Juilliard, I want that structure and I want that rigor and that classical foundation.'" - Corey Hawkins
Josh McDermitt: "I moved to LA a little later in my life than when most people move and I feel like I'm better for it."
"You have wins, you have losses. You have to remain positive, that's probably the biggest challenge; to not get yourself down." - Josh McDermitt on Acting


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I do all my AS3 coding in it and its great. Only minus is the price :/
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The following was originally published in "Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly" (November, 1921).
Mr. T. A. Melville (pictured below), Acting Director of Posts and Telegraphs in the Federated Malay States, who was for many years in the Post Office Department of the Straits Settlements, has contributed a valuable history of the Straits Settlements Post Office to the voluminous centenary work, "One Hundred Years of Singapore" (London: John Murray. In two volumes, with illustrations, 42s.).
Pictured: Mr. T. A. Melville
The postal history occupies over sixty pages, forming chapter XIV. of the second volume. It traces documents back to the days of the East India Company, giving the rates of postage in force in Prince of Wales Island in 1818. These, in the opinion of the author, doubtless applied also to the younger settlement. The post offices in the Straits, which comprised those at Singapore, Penang, and Malacca, were, up to 1854, in the circle of the Bengal Postmaster-General, and there was no separate postmaster for Singapore until the following year, although there had been an assistant postmaster and staff for some years previously, certainty in 1852. The actual date when the Straits were placed directly under the Supreme Government of India is given in the chronology (ii., 590) as September 1st, 1851, a point on which Mr. W. Renouf, I.C.S., in his "British Indian Stamps Used Abroad" lacked information.
Indian Stamps used in the Straits
The first stamps of India appeared in 1854, and examples of the earliest issue are known with the numbered post marks, Malacca (B 109), Penang (147), and Singapore [undecipherable] but as these obliterators were not introduced until 1856, it remains for the philatelist to find other means of tracing Indian stamps used in the Straits prior to the introduction if the numbered postmarks.
There can be little doubt that between 1854 and 1856 the Straits post offices had the diamond of dots postmark, which was introduced in India in 1854, but which gives no clue to the office of origin.
The Separation from the Indian Post Office
In the later 'fifties the growing European population began to agitate for the severance of the Straits from the Indian Government, and the transfer ultimately took place on April 1st, 1867. There is an interesting report of Sir Hercules Robinson's, written in 1864. but not presented to Parliament until June 4th, 1866, in which he says:-
"The Post Office Department in the Straits Settlement is one with reference to which some new arrangements will have to be entered into before the date of the transfer. The present post offices in Singapore and Penang are mere branches of the Indian Post Office, …receiving all their instructions from the Director-General at Calcutta. …The Indian postage rates are specified in annas and pie, and the British in sterling money; but only Indian postage labels are in use, upon which the rates are inscribed in the denomination of Indian currency; and these are sold to the public in exchange for dollars – the real currency of the Straits Settlements – at a par of rupees 224.8 annas 6 40/100 pie equivalent to $100, and are taken in payment of British postages at the rate of one anna for threehalfpence. I presume that if the transfer takes place, the post offices of the Straits will become subordinate to the General Post Office in London…and steps should be taken at once to obtain a supply of local postage labels, upon which the rates should be inscribed in dollar's and cents.
"As soon as possible, after the transfer, a local ordinance should be passed…for the purpose of accommodating British and Indian postage rates at present in force to the currency of the Colony. Pending [such enactment]…the local Government can fix by regulations the rate at which the new stamps shall be accepted in payment of British and Indian postages. But until the ordinance is passed, rupees and sterling money cannot be refused by the Post Office if tendered in payment if such postages."
With the passing of the Imperial Act in 1866, which detached the Straits from the Government of India, and inaugurated the present Crown Colony, the existing laws and officers were preserved, and the laws governing the Post Office were the Post Office Acts of India.
International Postal Rates
The subject of international postage rates prevailing in the Colony is dealt with in an interesting and illuminating survey, which divides naturally into two parts, before and after adhesion to the Universal Postal Convention in 1877.
Before 1877 the rates depended on the charges made in the various countries through whose territory correspondence passed, in whose vessels it was conveyed, in whose territory it was delivered, on the route followed, on the distance, and on whether the postage was prepaid or collected on delivery. In many cases postage to destination could not be prepaid, in others prepayment was compulsory. Every letter was a matter of account between the various countries concerned in its transmission, a system impossible to imagine as being applied to the millions of letters exchanged at the present day. Under the Convention, on the other hand, uniformity of postage rates throughout the Postal Union was the governing principle,
based on the fact that distance is an infinitesimal factor in the cost of transport of a letter,
Entry into the Union brought about an immediate and notable reduction in the postal rates. Between 1876 and 1879 the rate to the United Kingdom via Brindisi fell from 28 cents to 12 cents, and via Marseilles from 28 cents to 8 cents.
The Cheapest Postal Rates in the World
In the 1893 report on the Post Office it is noted that the Straits postage rate for all destinations beyond British Malaya was 5 cents, normally the equivalent of 2½d., had shrunk in value to 1⅓d. (which must have made it the cheapest international postage rate in the world at that time!), and in consequence of the straitened conditions of the Colonial finances, the foreign letter rate of 5 cents, the domestic rate of 2 cents, and the foreign postcard rate of 2 cents were raised to 8 cents, 3 cents, and 3 cents respectively.
Two years later a suggestion emanating from the International Bureau of the Postal Union proposed that to secure uniformity with the rates prevailing in Hong Kong, North Borneo, and Labuan, the Straits should adopt 10 cents, 4 cents, and 2 cents as the equivalents of the primary rates of 25, 10, and 5 centimes. On this the enlightened Straits Postmaster-General of that period, Mr. Noel Trotter, reported adversely "as the principle of periodically adjusting the rates of postage to a gold basis seemed to me, from the point of view of public convenience, to be an extremely objectionable one, besides which, in the face of the fact that the revenue of the Post Office exceeded its expenditure, there was no departmental reason for making any alteration. I also opposed it on the grounds that, taking a broad view of the matter, the time when adverse conditions of trade obtain, as they did then, the obligations of the Department to the public became at once intensified and enlarged."
Would that Mr. Trotter's broad and far-seeing views might prevail with the magnates of the G.P.O. in London in these difficult times.
In 1902 the Post Office report pointed out that the Straits postal tariff compared favourably with that of any other country, "Postcards available in the Colony and to the Federated Malay States are sold at one-fifth of a penny each; the letter rate of postage throughout the same area is slightly over a halfpenny; the postage on letters to any place (with very few exceptions) in the British Empire is four-fifths of a penny per half ounce; up to 2 oz. of printed matter can be sent to any part of the civilised world for one-fifth of a penny and 10 oz. for a penny, which is absolutely the cheapest international postage I have ever heard of. Thus a letter and a newspaper can be mailed hence to almost any part of the Empire at a total cost of a penny. Our registration fee of one penny is without parallel for cheapness; most other countries charge 2d. or 2½d."
Universal Penny Postage
No wonder that in 1905 on the question of Universal Penny Postage, which did not receive much support at the Rome Congress, Mr. Trotter reported that "This Colony is ripe for the adoption of the penny postage with the rest of the world." He goes on to say that "Imperial Penny Postage, adopted seven years ago on the ground of sentiment, has proved, in this Colony, a sound business proposition, and a justification for a general extension of penny postage." It was an anomalous position of affairs when a letter from Singapore to Canada, involving a distance of 10,000 miles, cost 1d., and one from Penang to Kedah, abont 24 miles, cost 2½d. "In such circumstances it can hardly be a matter for surprise that natives often evade paying postage on there is an opportunity of sending them by private hands."
The Malayan Postage Union
In 1907 a Local Postage Union was established between the Colony, the Federated Malay States, Johore, Sarawak, and Brunei, by which the rates of postage on letters, parcels, and other articles transmitted between these administrations were the same as those in force within the Colony. The British Borneo Government joined in on January 1st, 1908, in so far as they agreed to receive and deliver free of charge postal matter prepaid at these rates, though they were unable to adopt reciprocal rates.
Kelantan, Trengganu, Kedah, and Perlis came into the Malayan Postage Union on August 1st, 1909. The letter rates remained the same until January 1st, 1918, when they were raised from 3 cents for 2 oz. to 4 cents for 2 oz. (initial rate) and 2 cents for every additional 2 oz.
Imperial Penny Postage
On the introduction of Imperial Penny Postage, Mr. Noel Trotter acclaimed this "brilliant stroke of Imperial policy," and foretold that the results would surpass the most sanguine expectations. They did! The number of articles passed through the post in 1898 was 6,660,968 and the postal revenue that year was $234,859. Ten years later (1908) the number of articles was 19,292,460 and the revenue $609,597.
Local Newspaper Postage
On the subject of local newspaper rates Mr. Melville writes that "the postage of 2 cents (limit of weight 4 oz.) on newspapers of local origin when transmitted between the Settlements and the Protected Native States and Johore was abolished in September, 1888. The privilege of free postage was partially withdrawn in 1891, owing to abuse, and confined to newspapers posted direct by the publishers within seven days of publication; but this concession terminated with the year 1893."
Postal Side Lines
Our review, restricted as it must be in length, must pass over the interesting accounts of the Chinese Sub-Post Office, and the countless endeavours of the postal administration to impress the Chinese that their progressive methods were "for the benefit especially of all you coolies," and the difficult times of riot arising from the endeavours to suppress the letter-smuggling societies. "If any honest virtuous man will cut off the heads of the Post Office Farmers, he will be rewarded with taels 100," runs the peroration of a Chinese placard dated Piah-tsu, 10th moon, 28th day (13th December, 1876). We must pass over also the histories of those modern additions to postal administration in the postal and money orders, savings bank, telegraphs, cables, telephones, wireless, etc., and come to the heading of "Stamps."
The Philately in the Straits
We could have wished that the author of this history, who spent his earlier years in an atmosphere impregnated with philatelic lore, had allowed himself to expand more on the subject of the postage stamps used in the Straits, Of the general range of stamp issues he merely gives an outline, but in several side issues he contributes some very useful additions to our store of philatelic knowledge. For example:-
"…The use of Straits stamps in countries outside the Colony is a matter of some historic interest. for it is not widely known that all correspondence from the Malay States, Siam, Indo-China, Borneo, the Philippine Islands, Java, etc., for the rest of the world circulated through Singapore, and was prepaid by means of Straits stamps. In fact, the first stamps issued in Siam were the 1867 India 2 anna stamps supplied by this Colony to the British
Legation at Bangkok in 1882, surcharged with a capital "B" and "32 cents." Our author is, however, not quite accurate in saying "As soon as the Straits issued their own stamps in 1868 the different values were similarly surcharged "B" for use on correspondence from Siam for other countries." The Straits stamps overpinted "B" all fall within the short period from 1882-1886, whereas the first Straits stamps of special design appeared fourteen years earlier." The use of these stamps in Siam ceased on 1st July, 1886, when that State joined the Postal Union." This antedates Messrs. Gibbons' note on p. 372 of the current catalogue by six months.
"Until 1880 it had been the practice of many mercantile firms in the Philippines to send their correspondence from (? for) Europe under cover to Singapore to be posted – the enclosures bearing Straits stamps; this ceased with the opening of direct communication between Manila and Europe, Spanish stamps then being used."
Straits Stamps Used Abroad
"Sarawak correspondence for the outer world bore Straits stamps uniil that State joined the Postal Union on the 1st July, 1897. Similarly with the Federated Malay States and Johore, it was not until the 1st January, 1899, that these stamps were recognised as valid prepayment of postage to other parts of the world. After the 1st January, 1899, Straits stamps were used nowhere outside the Colony except that in 1900, owing to an unexpected delay in the receipt of their new stamps, the Federated Malay States were supplied with Straits stamps to the value of $9,360.* The amount ot Straits stamps sold to the various Malay States in 1896 was Perak, $5,630; Selangor, $6,047; Negri Sembilan, $912 ; Pahang, $1,435 ; and Johore, $182 ; Sarawak took $442, making a rand total of $14,628, or about £1,500 sterling. In 1897 the total was $13,938 and 1898 $14,433. The stamps used in the various Malay States were surcharged with the name of the State."
A Distinguished P.M.G.
In conclusion, Mr. Melville pays high tribute to the Trotters, father and son, who directed the Straits Settlements Post Office for nearly forty years. Mr. Henry Trotter went from Ceylon as the first Postmaster-General of the Straits. His son, Mr. Noel Trotter, "acted" as P.M.G. from 1883-1895, when he was confirmed in that office, which he continued to hold until his retirement in 1907. From some of the excerpts we have given it will be readily recognised that Mr. Noel Trotter was a most progressive and enlightened Chief of the Department, and it is largely due to his able direction that the Straits Settlements Post Office, functioning in a Colony of unique geographical position and importance, has attained its present advanced state of efficiency.


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Shelby Spence is a versatile dual-threat quarterback that Michigan coaches have been looking at closely. With the quarterback position as it stands right now, the coaching staff are being very methodical in their evaluations.
Spence is another '14 QB hopeful that Michigan has kept their eye on. There seems to be mutual interest between both sides.
I caught up with Spence to see where he is at with his recruitment:
– On his recruitment: "I'm just in the process of getting my junior film out to schools and receiving feedback. Also, we've had some schools visiting De La Salle."
– On schools that stuck out to him the most: "In my opinion, all of the schools are interesting and appealing for different reasons. Some of these schools include Notre Dame, Michigan, Northwestern, Duke, Florida State, and Michigan State among others."
– On contact with Michigan coaches: "I've been in contact with coach Singletary for the most part. I had a chance to meet the rest of the staff when I visited for the Iowa game."
– On the visit to Michigan: "It went great! What stuck out to me was the family atmosphere and the great fans they have. Football wise, I was intrigued by their ability to use dual-threat quarterbacks like Denard Robinson and Devin Gardner in their offense."
– On whether or not the coaches want him as a duel-threat or pro-style quarterback: "They told me I would be a quarterback in their offense. Personally, I feel that I have the versatility to fit in the pro-style or spread offense. I'm a pass first quarterback with the ability to run."
– On a potential offer: "They said that they are closely evaluating the position more so than any other position. So a quarterback offer will probably take longer."
– On how a Michigan offer would effect his recruitment: "Michigan is definitely a school that I would have to look very hard at. They have a very strong football program, and strong academics to match.
– On potential timeline for commitment:" I really don't have a timeline for a decision, but I would like to take my official visits prior to making a decision. This will allow me to make the most informed decision possible."
– On what type of player Michigan could potentially be getting: "They would be getting a leader on and off the field who is going to give a 100% to the program day in and day out. As mentioned earlier, I'm also a versatile quarterback with passing and running capabilities."
As I said before, the coaching staff is being very methodical with their recruitment of quarterback. They are weighing a ton of options. Spence is a very bright kid, boasting a 4.7 (!!!!) GPA with football skills on the side. No matter where he goes, they will be getting a good kid in Spence.
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Shelby Spence is a versatile dual-threat quarterback that Michigan coaches have been looking at closely. With the quarterback position as it stands right now, the coaching staff are being very methodical in their evaluations.


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Pink, Black, and Gold Baby Shower
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So sweet!!!! I love the Nancy Tillman book "Wherever You Go, My Love Will Find You" - I almost cry every night when I read that to my little girl.ReplyDelete
I love that your friends made it elegant and fun to welcome your new little one!
What a sweet shower Megan! My aunt asked to throw me a shower and I felt the same as you, like I shouldn't, but everyone was asking. So excited for you to have a girl. They are just the best.ReplyDelete
It looks beautiful. Do you happen to have a link for the industrial shelving from your shower?ReplyDelete
So sweet! Where is the white animal statue next to the Paris book from?ReplyDelete
What a sweet shower! Baby girl clothes are so cute!!! I was blown away when my husbands group at work wanted to give me a shower.... For our 7th! There really are thoughtful people in this world!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful shower. While I am sure you have some things from when James was little, so many of the essentials truly only last through one child. Looks like you are well stocked. I remember my girlfriends begging to throw my 2nd shower, mostly because they all had boys and wanted to buy for a girl! LOLReplyDelete
Truly a beautiful shower! You and your baby girl are so loved. Love seeing you progress and am so excited for your growing family. Aren't the girls' stuff so cute? She'll be the best dressed in the neighborhood!ReplyDelete
Such a sweet and beautiful shower! Flamingos are my favorite :) You look fabulous!ReplyDelete
Looks beautiful - what sweet friends you have :)ReplyDelete
What an absolutely charming baby shower! I love all the details and the food looks so tasty :)ReplyDelete
Everything is just so little and precious! The flamingo towel is my favorite :)ReplyDelete
xoxo, SS
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Yay, so sweet, and I'm sure feeling even more real now that there are lots of little outfits. :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful shower.. Do you happen to know where they baby's clothes were purchased at that are hanging on the fire place. I am expecting my 1st Grand daughter and love those sweet outfits. I love the idea of pink, gold and black for the shower. So sweet. I can not wait for my 1st Grandchild..ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Michelle! I don't know, we actually accidentally left those at my sis-n-laws house so I don't have them home with me yet. Big congrats to you and your family on that sweet little baby on the way!Delete


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Strange engine fail/error code
I use the Torque android app to monitor a few things on my car, on my way to work this morning it gave me a message that it found a error code, but no CEL came on.Using the fault code scanner in the app it gave 2 errors, one was an ROR fail and the other was RXE or similar. The app erased them when I got out of the car. I can't find these codes anywhere, has anyone seen them before?
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If there wasn't an actual code found... it's probably with the software/communications with your car. This is just an assumption though.
I looked for 30 mins this am and didn't find anything with those "fault codes" or "error codes"
You get an AP yet?
Strange engine fail/error code
I'm thinking it may have been a software issue too. I spent a good part of yesterday trying to find them and came up empty. No AP yet, where I live there's no tuning shop anywhere close and I would rather get a custom tune. It'll take some time to get to one.
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How far is "The Shop"
Big Al knows his stuff.
Look em up
Hi did you ever figure out what RXE or ROR meant? I just got this code through the torque app on my STI and I didn't have any luck searching the internet...
Save up for an AP. Simple as that.
IMO i wouldnt trust anything else, especially an App that uses Bluetooth to connect to something else that connects to your OBD2 port.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Down a run in the top of the ninth inning Saturday, the No. 25-ranked Tennessee baseball team managed to load the bases against Kentucky. The Volunteers' rally fell short, however, and UT dropped a heart-breaking 5-4 decision to the Wildcats at UK's Cliff Hagan Stadium.
Tennessee fell to 22-9 (6-4 SEC) with the loss, while the Wildcats improved to 16-13 (1-9 SEC). Vols freshman J.P. Arencibia went 3-for-5 to lead the Big Orange, but Kentucky's relief pitching was efficient enough to hold Tennessee in-check late in the game.
Tennessee put two runners on base with no outs in the top of the ninth, as junior Josh Alley drew a leadoff walk and senior Eric King reached on a throwing error by Wildcats reliever Adam Revelette. Vols co-captain Eli Iorg then laid down a sacrifice bunt, advancing King and Alley to second and third, respectively.
Following Iorg's sacrifice, the Wildcats intentionally walked Tennessee third baseman Chase Headley to load the bases with one out. Kentucky reliever Scott Green then came through with consecutive strikeouts to end the Vols' threat and give the Cats the dramatic one-run victory.
The series concludes Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. The rubber match will be televised on CSS. The projected starting pitchers are sophomore right-hander Craig Cobb (3-1, 4.65 ERA) for Tennessee and right-handed junior Kalen Gibson (4-1, 3.97 ERA) for Kentucky.
The Vols' first run Saturday came in the top of the second inning, when Arencibia scored all the way from second base as senior Alex Suarez reached on a throwing error by Kentucky third baseman J.B. Schmidt. Suarez was hit by Wildcats starting hurler Aaron Tennyson one pitch earlier, but home plate umpire A.J. Lostaglio ruled that Suarez had leaned into the pitch. Suarez then stepped back into the batter's box and laced a sharply hit ball that Schmidt bobbled before throwing over first baseman Michael Bertram's head.
The Wildcats plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the second, with the first coming as Bertram scored on a groundout by catcher Justin Scutchfield. Kentucky then took its first lead of the series when designated hitter Collin Cowgill scored on a fielding error.
Kentucky right-fielder Billy Grace made it a 3-1 Wildcats lead with a solo home run to right field in the bottom of the third.
Arencibia countered with a solo blast of his own in the top of the fourth inning. The Miami, Fla., native's seventh homer of the year put him four away from tying former Vol Todd Helton's school freshman record of 11 set in 1993.
Later in the fourth, Vols freshman Julio Borbon reached on a fielder's choice, and a fielding error on the play enabled Michael Rivera to plate the tying run all the way from second base.
After pounding out five hits and one home run in the series opener Friday, Headley hit another homer to give the Vols a 4-3 lead in the top of the fifth inning Saturday. The long ball was Headley's eighth of the season and his team-best fourth of the year in SEC play.
Wildcats outfielder John Shelby re-tied the score at 4-4 with a solo home run to left field in the bottom of the fifth. And in the bottom of the sixth, Kentucky managed to take a one-run lead courtesy of an RBI sacrifice fly by Shaun Lehmann. Shortstop Ryan Wilkes plated what would ultimately prove to be the game-winning run on the play to make it 5-4 Kentucky.
Left-handed freshman James Adkins made his ninth start of the season for Tennessee and took a no-decision after allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits with four walks and five strikeouts. Senior right-hander Joey Andrews made his 60th career appearance and dropped to 1-2 on the year after giving up one run on two hits with one walk and a career-high-tying six strikeouts.
Tennyson allowed one unearned run on four hits with three strikeouts in three innings worked for Kentucky. Right-hander Greg Dombrowski came on in relief for the Wildcats and lasted just 1/3 of an inning after giving up two runs (one earned) on one hit with one walk.
Left-hander Craig Snipp replaced Dombrowski and tossed 2 1/3 innings, surrendering one run on two hits. Brock Baber then spent two sharp innings on the hill for UK and was pulled after giving up just one hit with one strikeout. Baber picked up the win to move to 1-2 this season. Revelette threw 1/3 inning late in the game for UK.


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File this one under the "duh" category, because I should have thought of it sooner. The other day I was reading something on my computer monitor and taking some regular ol' pen and paper notes when my screen saver popped on. I moved my mouse and continued.
A few minutes later it happened again…
Frustrated, I went in and turned my screen saver off, but by the time I got back around to taking notes again I had lost my place. I wondered if there was a way that I could keep the screen saver from taking over without having to go in an turn it off every time.
Well, there is!
Just click the Start button and leave the start menu open. That'll prevent your screen-saver from taking over!


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U.N. Women chief: Climate change impacts fall hardest on women
By Lisa Anderson
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women must take a greater leadership role in fighting climate change because its effects fall hardest on women, the head of UN Women said this week.
"Women are on the frontlines, bearing the brunt of climate change," said Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, executive director of the United Nations agency dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.
She spoke on Monday at the start of a discussion focused on the needs of women in terms of climate policy. Her comments before an audience of women leaders and former heads of state from around the world came on the eve of the U.N. Climate Summit, which began Tuesday, and at the beginning of Climate Week NYC.
Climate change and gender equality are inextricably linked, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet said in her keynote remarks.
"This is a crucial debate because we know those who are in an unequal situation are most at risk," said Bachelet, who was the founding executive director of UN Women in 2010.
She noted that women and children are 14 times more vulnerable than men in climate change-related natural disasters, such as the floods and droughts.
Women also feel the negative effects of climate change on agriculture, a sector in which they represent 43 percent of the global workforce and 65 percent of those involved in raising livestock, Bachelet said.
To mitigate the effects of climate change on these women farmers and ranchers, programmes are under way to train women in more efficient livestock management, organic farming that reduces the carbon footprint, and hydroponic farming that uses recycled water, she said. Continued...


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The rise of east asia_s pudding places _ shanghai daily
From Champagne shaved ice to bamboo charcoal-flavoured ice cream, desserts in East Asia are coming into their own as ever-more inventive chefs look to satisfy the region's increasingly adventurous diners.
While Michelin-starred restaurants have long served the foodies of Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong, recent years have seen a boom in high-end eateries offering nothing but puddings.
Add the ability to share snaps of dessert delights on social media, and you have a recipe
for sugared success.
"Hong Kong people like beautiful things and uploading photos of beautiful things to social media," said Bong Kwok, owner of so-called "dessertaurant" ATUM which opened last year. "Desserts can be very refined, which encourages people to share them online."
Small, family-run cafes selling only traditional desserts like black sesame seed soup have been popular in the one-time British colony for decades.
Where in many Western cities, diners might stay in one restaurant all evening, Hong Kong's specialised venues and compact layout encourage customers to move around for their meals, said Kwok.
"It might be a luxury but people are willing to pay a little bit for enjoyment" and to relieve the pressure of living in Hong Kong's hot house environment, said the chef — whose popular bamboo charcoal ice cream with raspberry sorbet and dark chocolate chips sells for a cool HK$130 (US$17).
Sitting up at a bar table overlooking the open kitchen, Matthew Ip and girlfriend Sophie have skipped their main course and come straight for ATUM's "Improvisation" dessert for two — HK$348 — to celebrate her birthday.
In front of them, a chef covers the table with a black mat and, after a short conversation about their prefered flavours, decorates the surface with sweets, sauces and sherbert — before pouring unfrozen ice cream into a bowl of misty liquid nitrogen, where it solidifies in seconds.
Dynamic food culture
"We're flexible, we have a dynamic food culture," said marketing-worker Ip, 30, after photographing his meal from various angles and handing his phone to the chef so he and his girlfriend can pose with their pudding.
"You can have dim sum at midnight and ramen in the morning, if you want. In the West I think there's more a fixed perception of what you eat and when.
"Dessert's not normally included in a meal — it might be at the end of a big feast but it's not an everyday thing — so it's not so strange to come out and have only dessert."
ATUM is a far cry from Tei Mou Koon, a street-level Hong Kong dessert cafe where bowls of sweet soups and bean curds sell for around HK$20.
With ever increasing rents and a low-margin product, Judy Fung, who took over the business from her father earlier this year, said shops like hers are struggling to survive.
"Over the last 10 years, less and less of these kind of stores exist," she said, though her cafe is doing brisk trade on a weekday afternoon.
"For me, it's not about making money, it's extending the tradition. I have strong feelings about being part of the community — there are people who come here every day."
Flavored mountain snow
In South Korea, restaurants are increasingly putting a luxury twist on traditional desert, with a wave of shops offering takes on bingsu — a bowl of shaved ice with sweet toppings that first became popular during the 1910-45 Japanese occupation.
While early versions of the dish were served with a cold, red bean paste, shavings are now taken from flavored milks, while toppings include tropical fruits, green tea ice cream, popcorn and macaroons.
The SeolBing franchise, which offers regularly updated takes on bingsu, opened its first cafe in 2013 and has expanded exponentially to the point where it now has 490 outlets nationwide. This year, it opened its first Chinese venue in Shanghai.
Dishes at the chain costs around 10,000 won (US$8), but at the very top-end of the market a Dom Perignon and strawberry bingsu created by Seoul's JW Marriott hotel sells for 80,000 won.
"South Korean consumers have tremendous interest in high-end desserts and their taste is also becoming increasingly sophisticated," a spokeswoman for the hotel said.
"Our main target was women in their 30s and 40s who have enough income and are willing to invest a certain amount of money and time in themselves."
Demand was high enough for the hotel to shift 10 of their most luxurious bingsu every day during the peak summer period.
In Tokyo, diners are also prepared to invest time and money in the dessert of the moment — on a Friday lunchtime some 40 people queued outside Himitsudo, a cafe serving serving the shaved ice dish, known in Japan as kakigori.
"It's a fluffy kakigori with rich, juicy syrup," said 60-year-old Nobuko Koike as she waits to buy a tub of ice brought down from the mountains around Nikko, 150 kilometer to the north of Tokyo, then flavoured with fresh fruits.
"The shaved ice here is not like the others," she said.
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Hi, my name is Jesus but everybody calls me Chuy. I'm 23 years old and new to the stuff underneath the hood of a car. But I love muscle cars Chevys, Fords, Dodges. I really know everything on the outside of these cars but when it comes to the engine and tranny stuff I dont know jack. But I'm trying to understand more about engines and trannys. So if there is anyone out there who can help me understand more about this it would be appreciated.
Those things are only what push the panels down the street! Just kiddin'. Tell us a little about what you are into, somebody's got to know something.
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Welcome! I don't know much either but there is a wealth of knowledge here. Find the subject you want and do tons of reading. BUD
Welcome to Hotrodders......Make yourself at home and enjoy the site.
I love Chevy's but also have respect for fords and mopars cause i have owned at least one of each and have had my good and bad luck with each. I have owned a 90 Ford Mustang 5.0, 97 Dodge Dakota, and still own a 97 Chevy 1500. The mustang is owned but my brother owns now and i might get it back. The Dakota i traded it in it had to many miles(still preformed good but????) 265943 miles to be exact.The Chevy truck broke down on me several months ago and in the process of rebuilding the engine the transmission already sent it in to get rebuilt. I got it back. But I had financial difficulties for a while so i am barely getting on my feet so soon i will get the engine rebuilt and soon the will be on the street again. I love 67-69 CAMAROs. I love 65-69 GTOs. Well i don't want to list every single car i like but those are a couple. But where do i ask questions on my truck? The thing is I rebuilt the transmission i got a gm 34 hd converter,a 4l60e super kit and bunch of little stuff that was replaced. Now i want to know the engine i can build that will work with this transmission. I am open to ideas. I really want it to be a powerfull truck i know it would be a sleeper because it is a extended cab truck and i will need more torque than horsepower for the truck to move. So.... Yeah, anyone ideas. Thanks
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Did you have any test in this regard?
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When was it done?
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had a cbc a year or so ago and all is normal.
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Some people get easy bruising, specially with age the skin becomes thin, possibility of bruises can increase.
Often the cause may not be apparent or mild trauma can cause it.
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Sometimes, coagulation defect can have a role.
Though your last CBC was normal,
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Here is an interesting excerpt from Bloesch's early work The Evangelical Renaissance (p. 53):"Sovereignty in the biblical sense...entails omniscience. God knows the course of the future and the fulfillment of the future, but this must not be taken to mean that He literally knows every single event even before it happens. It means that He knows every alternative and the way in which His children may well respond to the decisions that confront them? The plan of God is predetermined, but the wa … [Read more...]
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Nick Jonas' Big Apple Caffeine Rush
A dapper Nick Jonas was spotted out in New York City this afternoon (April 30) grabbing Starbucks with a friend.
The former Jonas Brother looked very handsome in a white button-up, tie and dress pants while sipping his venti latte while he headed out to E! 2012 Upfront event running into Kim Kardashian and saying, [email protected] good to see you. I look very serious."
The 19-year-old singer also tweeted, "At the E upfronts. Congrats Kevin and Dani #marriedtojonas," referring to his older brother's new reality television series.
"Danielle is living a true Cinderella story after marrying into pop royalty, partnering in Kevin's larger-than-life career and becoming a 'Jonas,' a name synonymous with hit music and a worldwide fan base," said Lisa Berger, E!'s president of entertainment programming.
The show will be produced by Ryan Seacrest and premiere on August 19 on E!.
Enjoy the pictures of Nick Jonas getting coffee with a friend in New York City (April 30).
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THE peach (Amygdalus persica, L.), is one of our most important and best-known fruits.
This valuable plant is generally placed in the family Rosaceoe, which includes many species of economic and ornamental importance. Besides those already mentioned, here belong the rose, the strawberry, the raspberry, the blackberry, the apple, the pear, and the quince, as well as many beautiful wild forms.


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Assets of Dissolved Districts
Surplus funds of the dissolved district shall be treated as an offset. The offsets shall be apportioned between the districts who share territory with the dissolved district in the following manner.
(1) The assessor shall use the value used to compute taxes for the current year to do this calculation. Only the value in code areas which both districts share shall be used in this calculation.
(2) The assessor shall list individually the value of each district within the shared territory of the dissolved district.
(3) The assessor shall establish a multiplier for each district in the following manner. Divide the shared value of each district within the dissolved district's territory by the total shared value of all of the districts established in (2). The sum of the multipliers of the districts for this step shall equal 1.00.
(4) The assessor shall multiply the total offset available for apportionment by the individual district multiplier. This will yield the offset for each district. The total offsets for all districts must equal the total available for offset.
(5) The assessor shall divide the apportioned offset for the district by the shared value used to compute taxes for the district in order to determine the offset rate for each of those districts whose total territory lies within the boundaries of the dissolved district.
(6) The assessor shall subtract the offset rate from the district general operating tax rate in the same manner as all other offsets rates. For those taxing districts that have territory both within and outside of the boundaries of the dissolved district, the tax rate shall be adjusted for the offset only in code areas that are shared with the dissolved district.
Example: Dissolved district provides $16,000 to the county.
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Step 3: Multiply the total offset available by the multiplier for each district. [Table not included. See ED. NOTE.]
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Charleroi scored two first half goals and then held on to edge visiting Bentworth, 2-1, in a Section 2 A contest Wednesday night.
The Lady Cougars (9-1-1, 7-1-1) remained a half-game behind first-place South Allegheny in Section 2 A with the win over the Lady Bearcats (7-6, 6-4).
Halee Fedrick and scored Kyra Watkins scored first half goals to give Charleroi a 2-0 lead at halftime and the Lady Cougars maintained the lead the rest of the way. Bentworth's Madison Jones scored with eight minutes to go, but the Lady Bearcats couldn't tie the match.
Charleroi is at Beth-Center Friday in a section match while Bentworth hosts South Allegheny Saturday.
BV Area 1, McGuffey 0
The Lady Leopards (10-2, 8-1) clinched their 11th consecutive playoff spot, including their ninth under head coach Paul Sasko, with their Section 4 AA win.
"It is always good to make the playoffs and it is our first goal each season," BVA coach Paul Sasko said. "The effort was there and although we didn't score a lot, these types of games are always good for us."
Hayden Pascoe scored eight minutes for the lone goal of the match.
Kaity Watson recorded two saves to earn the shutout.
BVA hosts West Mifflin tonight in a section match on senior night.
Yough 7, Waynesburg 0
The Lady Cougars (10-3, 8-1) rolled in the Section 1 AA contest as Shawna Zaken and Natalie Luppold each had three goals.
Zaken, a sophomore, has 19 goals on the season while Luppold, a junior, has 16. Theresa Merlino had the other goal.
Leigh Appolonia earned her ninth shutout in goal as the Lady Cougars built a comfortable 5-0 lead in the first half.
E. Forward 7, E. Allegheny 0
The Lady Warriors (8-3-3, 5-2-2) inched closer to a Section 4 AA playoff spot with their win.
"It's another win where we were able to rest some older girls battling injuries and to get the younger girls some time," EF coach Brandon Gerba said. "That is always key to help develop them."
Ali Pastore scored twice to give her 10 goals on the year.
Rachel Collage, Mary Cooper, Shayna Lindberg, Taylor Mordecki, and Juliana Jones also added tallies for EF, while Jen Keefer earned her eighth save of the season.
EF returns to action Monday in a section match at West Mifflin.
Serra Catholic 7, Monessen 0
The Lady Hounds (0-11, 0-10) fell behind 4-0 in the first half en route to dropping a Section 2 A match.
Monessen hosts Jeannette in an exhibition match Saturday.
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yea but was Rashard any better? that guy just shoots and hardly takes it to the rim like he used to in his supersonic days.
If Arenas doesnt want to play, Orlando has plenty of guards to go to who can just dump it in to Dwight.
Having Rashard is not a true PF and that guy's defense is weak too.
his defense was weak, there was never a question, but his one big advantage was that he could spread the floor and draw opposing 4's out away from the post where 90% of 4's in the league are less effective, plus hes still dangerous from beyond the arc when given room, and someone you do not want to leave open, despite the decline in his play.
arenas is a volume shooter that is a shoot first, facilitate later type of player,
with a terrible bill of health and is never really at 100%. even in washington he was only a fraction of what he used to be before his major injuries. he fits into orlando's system in the way that hes trigger happy from beyond the arc, but aside from that, hes a liability on defense and his tofu knees will be an on going concern throughout the season.
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So Eric Bolling apologized. Sort of. And it's pretty obvious he wasn't sincere.
On his Friday program, the Fox Business host called Gabonese president Ali Bongo and rapper Common "hoodlums" who had visited the "hizzouse," Bolling's term for the Obama White House. Last night, after much outcry over this flagrant racial stereotyping, Bolling delivered an "editorial note":
On Friday, we did a story about the president meeting with the president of Gabon. We got a little fast and loose with the language, and we know it's been interpreted as being disrespectful, and for that, I'm sorry. We did go a bit too far.
As we pointed out, this apology was quite dishonest -- what Bolling termed "fast and loose" language appeared to be scripted and was accompanied by inflammatory graphics. And Bolling's statement was an archetypal non-apology apology, in which he expressed regret for the interpretation of his words but not the words themselves (which he didn't actually revisit).
But let's step back a moment and take a broader look at the situation. After all, there were three whole days in between the offending segment and the apology, and while there may not have been any episodes of Follow The Money, that doesn't mean Bolling was silent. Far from it, in fact. Bolling spent the weekend on Twitter defending himself and lashing out at his critics.
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Then Bolling linked to a USA Today article on criticism of Obama's meeting with Bongo, given allegations of corruption against the Gabonese leader, and suggested that his comments were no different:
These tweets don't indicate any level of contrition on Bolling's part. They're actually quite defiant, and they make you think that Bolling doesn't really believe he went "a bit too far."
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