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LGE completes Pomo at Gilbert's Heritage Marketplace
LGE Design Build has completed tenant improvement construction for the 2,600-square-foot Pomo Pizzeria Napoletana at Heritage Marketplace in Gilbert. The restaurant features a 6,000-pound, wood-fire pizza oven imported from Italy with hand-crafted stone. In addition, the authentic Italian restaurant features a bar and outdoor seating. "As one of the restaurant hotspots in the Valley, Heritage… Read More →
Sky Harbor renovations elevate travelers' experience
Friends embrace. Families explore an art exhibition. Shoppers admire handcrafted wares and hungry travelers survey a myriad of local eateries before settling on a lunch destination. This is the scene at the newly renovated Terminal 4 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. It's where about 85 percent of the airport travelers, more than 100,000 people… Read More →
Lo-Lo's Chicken & Waffles opens at Heritage Marketplace
LGE Design Build has completed construction of Lo-Lo's Chicken & Waffles at Heritage Marketplace, a family friendly, pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use development in downtown Gilbert. Lo-Lo's Chicken & Waffles, 366 N. Gilbert Road, is now open. The 4,300-square-foot restaurant offers a full bar with several large television screens and outdoor seating that draws energy from the street. … Read More →
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Chase Field, considered by many to be the most fan-friendly and affordable ballpark in the country, will host its first game of 2015, an exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs, today at 6:40 p.m.. The Arizona Diamondbacks' (@Dbacks) home opener for the regular season will take place on Monday, April 6 at 7:10 p.m. against… Read More →
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FOR years the adult industry has fought to keep the government out of your bedroom, but now it is fighting to keep it out of your luggage as well.
A recent change to the Incoming Passenger Card for people entering Australia means it now asks them if they are carrying pornography into the country.
If passengers declare they are, customs officials will be able to conduct a search of the person to assess whether the material breaches Australian laws.
The move has outraged the Australian Sex Party, which says it marks a new era of official investigations into people's private lives. It notes the lack of a formal definition of pornography means a variety of erotica may need to be declared.
''If you and your partner have filmed or photographed yourselves making love in an exotic destination or even taking a bath, you have to answer 'yes' to the question or you will be breaking the law,'' the party's president, Fiona Patten, said.
''If the questions were designed to stop child pornography being smuggled into the country, then the questions should have asked about 'child pornography' and not about a product that one in four Australians use on a regular basis.''
The change was made by customs without formal consultation because it was considered to be ''of a minor or machinery'' nature and did not substantially alter existing arrangements, according to official notification.
Customs noted that in conducting searches, officers were trained to apply ''tact and discretion'' in dealing with passengers.
''Including an express reference to pornography is intended to enhance the interception of prohibited pornography at the border, by making passengers aware that some forms of pornography may be a prohibited import,'' a spokesman said.
The question clusters pornography along with weapons and illicit drugs that people must declare because their possession is restricted in Australia.
Jim Wallace, managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby, defended the question being asked, comparing it to the quarantine rules applying to wooden products for people entering the country.
''If I've got wooden products, I take them to customs to decide whether my wooden products have to be confiscated, have to be fumigated, or if I can go through with it. I see no difference in the approach that's being applied here with pornography.''
The change leaves open the possibility customs will be able to examine the content on people's laptop computers, mobile phones and thumb drives.
Last year customs warned that record amounts of child pornography were being seized, much of it brought in by workers in remote mining regions and foreign students.


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MY choice this week is the short stroll around Bolton Castle and the Yorkshire Dales village of Redmire.
The castle was built by the first Lord Scrope in 1397.
Bolton was well fortified but great store was placed on comfort.
The place is well worth a long visit and still has the feel of a family home.
The herb garden and a vineyard close to the walls adds to this feel, as does the children's play area. It is said to have taken 18 years to build and cost £12,000 which was an enormous sum of money in those days.
The castle has played a prominent role in British history because it was here that Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned between July 1658 and January 1659.
The village which nestles below the castle is a delight, especially the Norman church which houses a small museum.
The walk starts and ends in the village of Redmire. From East Lancashire head to Settle on the A65, follow the B6479 along to Ribbleford and then the A684 to Hawes and on to Aygarth.
A left turn leads into Redmire where there is street parking.
You should plan this walk for the end of March or early April before the tourist traffic increases.
Take the time to visit Castle Bolton where there is a shop and a cafe. (Tel 01969 623981).
1.From the old Bolton Arms Inn in Redmire turn left along Hargill Lane and ascend to reach an old railway bridge. Pass underneath the bridge and turn left along a wall marked footpath.
2.Cross a bridge over Apedale Beck which is a tiny tributary of the river Ure. In the old days this dale was known as Uredale and only in recent times has it been Wensleydale named after the large village of Wensley.
Stroll straight forwards and keep in parallel with the embankment. Go right over another footbridge this time across a ditch and pass over a field towards a barn on the left.
In the corner there is a gap in the wall and follow the obvious track through more wall gaps towards Castle Bolton.
A left turn leads to the castle. This is a stunning view and this should not be rushed and the entry fee is well worth it. Although the stroll itself is short the visit should be long.
3.From the castle turn right and descend along a quiet lane which bends gently to the left. Cross an obvious stile and pass between dry stone walls.
A few years ago I once saw a weasel peering out of a crack in the wall but it is always full of interesting flowers and ferns. Now approach the wall gaps negotiated during the outward route. This leads to the embankment.
4.Cross the embankment and fork to the right leading to a set of stepping stones. Dogs love this stretch as it gives them a chance for a good splash! Children also love to paddle and this is therefore a smashing walk for all the family.
Cross a meadow and through more wall gaps and swing right on a track passing cottages and leading to Hargill Lane.
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Tech Tutors: All August Long
There are only four Tech Tutors sessions left this Summer: this coming Saturday, August 4th, then the following three Saturdays, the 11th, the 18th, and the 25th. The sessions start when we open at 10 am and last until noon.
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Valvoline has entered into a sponsorship agreement with the County of Los Angeles Fire Museum in Bellflower and will provide motor oil and chemical products for use in vehicle restoration projects and in daily facility maintenance, the company has announced.
The agreement is an expansion of an existing relationship formed several years ago. It includes online advertising of Valvoline products to explain how they are used in restoration projects, as well as day-to-day activities at the museum.
"The museum is supported solely by donations and sponsorships, but Valvoline is much more than a sponsor," said Joe Woyjeck, vice president of the Los Angeles County Fire Museum. "We consider them a true friend of the museum. When we perform maintenance on our vintage fire apparatus, whether it is a steam fire engine from the 1800s or our Squad 51, we only use the best products. The public knows they can count on our firefighters and paramedics, and we know we can count on Valvoline products too."
The nonprofit County of Los Angeles Fire Museum captures the history of vintage fire equipment and the firefighters who served on them by restoring the trucks and putting them on public display. It is home to a collection of over 60 antique fire engines, including those pulled to fires by men, numerous horse-drawn steam fire engines, and Los Angeles County Fire Department equipment dating back to the 1920s.
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Underworld Staying Busy in Middle Age...
Late '80s/early '90s rave scene heroes Underworld are refusing to slow down, long after most of their contemporaries have either hung it up or moved on to the nostalgia circuit.. Co-founder Karl Hyde will be releasing his solo debut in April. The nine-song record will be called Edgeland. Here's a clip from the press release:
It features nine tracks that were recorded over a year in London with multi-instrumentalist and producer Leo Abrahams (whom Karl met whilst collaborating with Brian Eno on Pure Scenius). Edgeland is a graceful and meditative collection that explores the limitless possibilities of what late film director Anthony Minghella christened 'esoteric Underworld' – something that's existed on record since Dubnobasswithmyheadman.
Edgeland is released in Japan on April 10th and across the rest of the world on April 22nd on deluxe CD/DVD, standard CD, download and 12" vinyl. It is also available for physical pre-order in the underworldlive shop. The first 150 pre-orders from underworldlive (across all physical formats) will each receive a unique, signed and numbered photograph taken by Karl documenting the journeys through the edgelands that inspired the album. Each physical format purchase will also receive a digital version of the album in their inbox on the day of release (we of course aim to have pre-ordered physical stock with you on or very close to that date).
Bandmate Rick Smith, who was the musical director for the Opening Ceremonies at this past summer's London Olympics, has written and recorded the score for Danny Boyle's next movie, Trance, which opens in March.
Both men are literally old enough to be Porter Robinson's dad.
You can listen to the first single from Edgeland, "Cut Clouds," below.


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From what Kindra A. and other locals say in older videos, there was and is one hell of a cover up. These locals are visible on video and many show themselves in protests so anyone throwing up a thread and a pic of their hand near the sinkhole and claiming all is well and the trees are normal -- well, you are listening to someone equivalent to a rapist, pedophile, and murderer. Every corporate and govt shill is complicit in the crimes against humanity, and that includes themselves. They freely support a campaign to lie and murder people. Many sites on the internet are basically lie sites, propaganda is their kind word, or mind control, but it is really lying, stealing, and killing people.
In 2010 Google and BP attached viruses to search engine results to anything pertaining to their operations. The killed employees and anyone telling the truth, but some still believe people claiming that the trees are normal for this time of year and the grass was floating. What should scare you more is they lie this way about everything! Your foods, water, what they put in the air and why. What they vaccinate you and your kids for. And way up the ladder, not privy to the low level liars, is that this is all a spiritual matter and the ones at the top or not even human. These liars are the same type of sell out seen in concentration cam0ps, whereby the Nazis would get prison snitches to lie to the other prisoners and nark people out. That is really what these people are: Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei, or the Jewish Ghetto Police.
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Just replaced my power steering pump in my 2001 330Ci AT. It all went pretty well except dealing the __________ _________ (choose any two swear words) tensioner. What a pain that T50 is. Why BMW chooses to use TORX when both the bits and the bolts can be so easily stripped out, I have no idea. I stripped out one of the bracket bolts on this effort too, but that's not the main point of the story...
Anyway, sooo, after being able to use the T50 into the tensioner bolt (surprisingly) to get the belt off, I fought for an hour trying to get the belt back on. On hour 3 of this project, and about an hour into trying to make the T50/pulley method work, I started looking for other solutions.
The answer came in the form of the 5/8 nut-like protrusion that's part of the tensioner arm. You can see it to the left of the tensioner pulley itself. Clearances on the bottom of the car and behind the fan were pretty narrow on my AT equipped 330Ci. I managed to wrangle a 5/8 spark plug changing socket onto that nut and then put a wrench on that, and a breaker bar on that. At that point I was able to move the tensioner, but the upper radiator hose prevented me from moving that tensioner enough to get the belt on. So...I disconnected the upper radiator hose, leaking coolant into a bucket I put under the car, but then I could actually move it enough to get the belt on and then slowly let it go.
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Cliteracy, 100 Natural Laws
An artist named Sophia Wallace emailed my advice column the other day to invite me to the debut of her art project, Cliteracy, 100 Natural Laws. Of course I couldn't refuse an opportunity to attend something with a name like that! When I wrote back telling her I would be there, she was kind enough to put me on her VIP list, adding, "I'm so happy to connect. I really appreciated your thoughtful research as I worked on CLITERACY over this last year."
What's great about standing in front of the piece for an extended period of time, is the experience of constantly catching some new tidbit of information the eyes hadn't seen before. It was thrilling to watch the wheels begin turning in peoples' minds as they viewed the work. That's precisely when I would approach and ask, "Are you learning something new?" Nearly everyone answered with a resounding YES!
As the artist described her project via email:
"CLITERACY, 100 Natural Laws is mixed media project that explores a paradox: the global obsession with sexualizing female bodies in a world that is illiterate when it comes to female sexuality. The project reveals – the phallic as neutral – bias in science, law, philosophy, politics, religion, media and art."
CLITERACY is the result of her Van Lier Fellowship in the Art and Law Residency Program, founded by the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts . You can still catch a glimpse of her work at the Dumbo Arts Center in Brooklyn as part of the Scènes à Faire exhibition through October 21st, 2012.
What's even better than seeing the work? Joining in the conversation with the artist herself, on October 16th, 2012 from 7PM – 8:30 at the Dumbo Arts Center.
Here are some of the laws from the project:
You don't know what you think you know about the clitoris.
The clitoris is not a button, it is an iceberg.
Clitoris, say my name say my name.
Lady Justice, where is the liberty in sex without orgasms?
When auditioning a new lover test out their manual and oral skills if those are lacking take heed.
Freedom in society can be measured by the distribution of orgasms.
A man would never be expected to get off through sex acts that ignored his primary sexual organ.
Terrorism is having sex your entire adult life, giving birth to 6 children, and never experiencing orgasm.
Viagra won't make you cliterate.
Orgasm is a fundamental inalienable human right.
Democracy without cliteracy? Phallusy
What natural laws would YOU propose to help the world become more cliterate?
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McCarthy reached the end of his three-month loan spell from Maine Road in Saturday's win over Kidderminster Harriers.
The 19-year-old has finished on the losing side only four times in his 11 appearances for the Pilgrims and Thompson sees him as a key figure in Boston's survival bid.
"I want him here and a deal has been put to them so we will just have to wait and see how things develop this week.
"Stuart Balmer signed last Friday and I hope to be able to get Paddy back in time for the trip to Oxford to keep the defence solid," Thompson told the Lincolnshire Echo newspaper.
Boston have kept five clean sheets in their last six games and after three straight wins have moved five points clear of the relegation zone.
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FLW announced today that they have worked with Costa Rica del Mar, the leading manufacturer of performance sunglasses sponsorship deal. Today, Costa Rica will bear the FLW series, recently released free application fee title and lakes to 2016 the impressive schedule in terms of the increased rewards did not disclose sponsorship.
In addition to their title sponsor, Costa Rica will also get exposure on all the chrome hearts clothing sale, which included more than 235 tournaments and fairs, Web sites, social media, FLW bass fishing magazines, and Emmy-nominated "FLW" television program is broadcast-definition high (HD) over 564 million households around the world.
"FLW is honored to be directly associated with one of the most recognized and sought after brands in the outdoors," marketing cuixibuleike President of FLW. "FLW and Costa Rica Del Mar is positioned to be the industry's most powerful sponsorship Alliance with Costa Rica's long-term commitment as title sponsor of FLW series. "
2016 Costa Rica FLW series will include five divisions-the Central, Northern, Southeast, Southwest and West. Departments including three seasons in the qualifying rounds of the table Rock Lake Branson, Missouri no entry fees to the final of the Championship in November. According to the end in 2016, FLW series tournament, a total of 11 advantages of FLW series will qualify for the 2017 aganmu cup chances of winning the biggest payday in the chrome hearts clothing sale.
"These fish are some of the best up and coming bass fishermen there, it will be exciting to see their performance in each event," Al Perkinson, Costa Rica's Vice President of marketing, said. "We look forward to growing FLW and bass fishing communities the relationship as a whole. "
2016 Costa Rica FLW series next week, Okeechobee, Florida kicked off January 14 to 16th in Lake Okeechobee.
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He is taking the reins at a tough time for the Wal-Mart-owned grocer. It has miserably underperformed its big rivals ever since coming last in the Christmas trolley wars. Its market share is on the slide, and it has fallen behind in the supermarket space race, having missed the boat on developing new, smaller stores.
It is still half the size of Tesco – which cannot be what retail superpower Wal-Mart had in mind when it acquired Asda more than a decade ago.
Bond has kindly just laid out an ambitious five-year strategy that his successor will have to deliver. It will be a heave – a central plank is to expand non-food sales to more than £10bn. That's triple the current level and is probably impossible without a takeover.
But for all the grandiose planning, there are more pressing matters in the market. Fixing the deficit could be painful for shoppers, and therefore retailers, and food inflation – on which grocers thrive – has disappeared.
Rival Morrisons, which has been setting the pace on sales growth for two years, has just limped home with a meagre 0.8% rise in like-for-like sales. More of the same is expected from Sainsbury on Thursday. Analysts reckon Asda is in negative territory.
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We use this principle to build a power meter. The energy-harvesting source is the electromagnetic field generated by the current flowing to a load. Using a current transformer we harvest from this source to intermittently power the node core. When the node activates it transmits a packet to a central receiver. The receiver can then determine the power of the attached load based on the frequency of packets from the Coilcube node.
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I could not wait much longer to blog about one of my other not-so-secret crushes. I have plenty, by the way - and you'll get to meet them all eventually.
I've written about the genius of Tom Robbins and his fabulous wordplay. I just finished my third reading of 'Jitterbug Perfume' - which is odd for me because I seldom reread books, especially not three times. But three reads over 25 years is acceptable. Especially if it's so intricate that you learn something new each time you read the book.
But I digress - we're not discussing Tom today. But another author who is cut from the same cloth. Cloth without as many threads, but with just as jangled a pattern.
If you haven't yet read anything by Christopher Moore, get thee to a library and check something out.
Mr. Moore has written around ten (or so) books. The topics range from a wayward Native American medicine-man/trickster to Jesus. He has done a compelling series about modern-day vampires which would fit very well with today's obsession of vampires, except that it's hilarious and doesn't take itself as seriously as 'Twilight' or 'Vampire Diaries' (although I'm a fan of those, also. Don't be puttin' vampires in a box!). This series is funny and irreverent with names that play directly into the genre like "Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story;" "You Suck: A Love Story;" and "Bite Me: A Love Story." And yes, they are love stories. Very funny love stories.
My introduction to Chris (we're on a first-name basis now) was "Coyote Blue." This is the one about the ancient trickster who gets involved in the lives of a quiet Native American and his new hippie friend Calliope. Of course, chaos ensues. I've read this book twice.
From there I had to read everything he wrote. I believe the next one I picked up was "Island of the Sequined Love Nun." How can you NOT read a book with that title?
The book that I'll be rereading soon, however, is my favorite by this author, and that would be "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal."
The title may give the impression of irreverence, or even blasphemy. And some devout Christians might take offense. But the story is a fanciful account of the Jesus' youth and teenage years. Basically the years that aren't mentioned in the Bible. If someone is put off by the title, then don't pick up the book.
It's actually an endearing and sympathetic view of the formative years that we all missed in the original story. Moore doesn't, by any means, try to change anyone's religions beliefs. But you can tell he did his homework. The historical facts that we know to be true are in the book - as well as some hilarious facts we did not know.
According to Jesus' boyhood friend:
By the way, his name was Joshua. Jesus is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Yeshua, which is Joshua. Christ is not a last name. It's the Greek for 'messiah,' a Hebrew word meaning anointed. I have no idea what the "H" in Jesus H. Christ stood for. It's one of the things I should have asked him.
Me? I am Levi who is called Biff. No middle initial.
Joshua was my best friend.
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• How to tell when an image of the Virgin Mary is a bona fide vision . . and when it's just elephant poop
• How bunnies came to be associated with Easter.
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Like I said, it's fiction. And it's humor. But it's something that I don't think has been done before, or since. And if so, not nearly as well. If you can read anything by Christopher Moore and your laugh meter doesn't bounce to 'high' - well, like I've said before - I just don't wanna know you. His writing is bawdy and rambunctious, and not for the feint of heart. He uses lots of words we aren't aloud to put on this Web site. But if you're adventurous enough, check out his own Web site here.
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"I got here Monday afternoon. I went up to my locker. My locker was right by the window overlooking the putting green and overlooking the beach and the ocean," McIlroy said. "I was thinking to myself, 'I just have a good feeling about this week'.
"I said it to my dad and I said it to my whole team; something about this just feels right.
"It's funny how things work out."
McIlroy was just too good to catch at the 94th PGA Championship as he claimed his second major title, capping a marathon Sunday in which the leaders played 27 holes.
The new world No 1 also held the 54-hole lead and he never wavered down the stretch, closing with a six-under 66 to win the final major championship of the season by a staggering eight shots.
"It's nice to win my second major and to get the world No 1 all in the same day is very special," said McIlroy.
The Northern Irishman said he wasn't taking anything for granted in the final round so he didn't allow himself to think about the victory until he walked up the 18th fairway.
"I said, all right, I still have a long way to go. I still have to keep in the present, keep hitting my shots," the 23-year-old said.
"I allowed myself the luxury of walking up 18 knowing that I was going to win. I enjoyed the moment, just let it all sink in.
"It's just great to be able to put my name on another major championship trophy, and I am looking forward to April next year and getting a crack at another one."
The 2011 US Open winner became the first 54-hole leader in a major this season to go on to victory.
McIlroy was also able to reverse his bad fortune in majors this year - he tied for 40th at the Masters, tied for 60th at the British Open and missed the cut at the US Open.
He did, however, win earlier this year at the PGA Tour's Honda Classic.
And McIlroy feels he learned more from his loss at the 2011 Masters than his eight-stroke win at the US Open.
He was up by four, and appeared headed to victory, when he made the turn on that Sunday. But his tee shot at the 10th sailed left of the fairway and he went on to make triple bogey before playing his first three holes on the back nine in six over par and finishing with an 82.
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McIlroy has now won his two major championships by a combined score of 16 strokes.
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Destruction and construction are booming in some Atlanta neighborhoods.
I believe this was a duplex. It's appreciated $230 between 1991 and 2011.
It's a spec house and it sold before it was complete.
This one had a familiar Morningside style.
It's had been added on in a less than high quality way, probably an extra apartment or 2 back there. It's a spec house that sold before it was complete.
This was probably the very last infill on its street. It's on a tiny lot.
It did have a nice little garage. This spec house sold before it was complete.
This became a custom, architect designed poptop and one of my favorite projects. It didn't turn out like the others.
Will this be missed?
This was be a mid-century rancher on an ideal lot for a prestige house.
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Walk into the McKeesport gymnasium and you can't miss a large, framed photo of Swin Cash.
Too bad for the Tigers that the former high school All-American and veteran WNBA player isn't around to play for the team anymore.
"She was the face of girls basketball around here," McKeesport coach Eric Smith said. "We've had our ups and downs since she left."
McKeesport has been going through one of those "down" stretches, missing the WPIAL playoffs the past three years.
Smith was hoping the trend would slow, optimistic this current group of mainly underclass players might find some success.
"We're very excited because of the youth, and the youth are excited," Smith said. "We're energized by them."
But with youth comes inexperience, and Smith was exuding patience with the start of the season approaching. McKeesport's season-opening home tournament will feature first-round games between the Tigers and Class AAA West Mifflin, and Obama Academy and Baldwin.
Already for McKeesport, two players likely were lost for the season with knee injuries, including sophomore guard Maniah Robinson, the team's second-leading scorer in 2012. Also, sophomore Alexis Young has transferred to Gateway.
McKeesport, which was winless in 12 Section 2-AAAA games and finished 6-15 overall, also graduated guard Kasey Dansak, who led the team in scoring (9 ppg).
Just two seniors return.
"The worst part of it all is that everyone else in our section seems to have everyone back from last year," Smith said. "We lost our leading scorer and we've already got some injuries."
But Smith was encouraged by the turnout, citing the unusually large number of 20 on the varsity and JV rosters.
"I'm not sure how deep we'll go, particularly as we get started," he said, "but we're going to give a lot of players a good look."
He said he's simply looking for improvement.
"We want to get better from the first scrimmage to the second, from the second scrimmage to the first game and from the first game to the end of the season," he said.
Senior Jamie Reddix could be teamed in the backcourt with junior point guard Nassiah Bray, while junior forward Carly Tanney also was expected to challenge for a starting spot, Smith said.
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When you look at a BMW, your not looking at the value vs the cost, your looking to get into a vehicle that is the pinnacle and pioneer in driving performance. Hence the cost and value numbers, which Consumer reports bases its bread and butter on, is OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE less than say any other luxury suv. Only a few people purchase a BMW on reliability caz its a given that if you want the latest technology, expect to drop a couple pounds from your wallet. If you want reliability go for a Lexus or a Acura. Hence you see that other car makers tend to score higher than BMW. (Mercedes and Audi really have no excuse)
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"Survey of Ashkenazi Jewish Young Adults Attitude about Testing for Gaucher's Disease"
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrea Kalfoglou
Expected Graduation Date: Fall 2010
Ashkenazi young adults in college and even high school have been encouraged since the 1970's to be tested for their risk of passing Tay Sachs on to their children. Today, "Jewish panels" include carrier tests for from four to ten diseases which vary in terms of their frequency within the population, test sensitivity and specificity, and the penetrance of disease. Recently, controversy has erupted about whether or not Type 1 Gaucher disease ought to be included in the Ashkenazi carrier-testing panel because it frequently has mild to no symptoms and usually can be treated with a new enzyme replacement therapy. In rarer cases, it can be life-threatening and very painful. We can learn from the carrier-testing experiences of members of the Ashkenazi Jewish population. This study will use mixed methods to conduct a public consultation with Ashkenazi young adults to better understand their knowledge, attitudes, and expectations around carrier testing. These data can serve as a model to inform policymakers about the expectations of consumers for the design and implementation of the next generation of carrier testing. We will first qualitatively explore this topic through focus groups with young adults in Baltimore and New York City who have 1) not been tested; 2) been tested through Dor Yeshorim (a private testing organization that serves primarily the Orthodox Jewish community but wants to expand to provide services for less traditional Jews. The organization does not disclose individual test results); and 3) been tested through a physician/center/laboratory where they received their individual test results. Our findings may have broad-based implications for the development of policy and practice guidelines for multiplex genetic-carrier testing.


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PRINCETON – A persistent theme – indeed the leitmotif – of the way that German leaders discuss the eurozone is their insistence on the importance of following the rules. That refrain is followed by a chorus from the rest of the monetary union demanding to know why Germany is taking such an inflexible approach. The answer, it turns out, reflects the way Germany's federal system of government has shaped its decision-making, as well as Germany's historic experience with debt crises.
Germany's obsession with rules long predates the current eurozone crisis. The country's policymakers always insisted that Europe could not have a common currency without first achieving economic convergence. But that looked like it would never happen. So, in the 1990s, as the eurozone was being established, Germany argued for rigorous enforcement of the "convergence criteria," the requirements necessary for adopting the euro.
Economists in every other country ridiculed the Teutonic fixation on firm rules. There is no reason, for example, why a debt-to-GDP ratio of 59% should be considered safe, but 62% regarded as irresponsibly dangerous. But the Germans insisted – and ultimately got what they wanted.
That approach stemmed in part from Germany's political structure. The more federal a country's system of government is, the more rules are needed to ensure its smooth functioning. When the responsibilities of different levels of government are not clearly delimited, there is the danger that officials will try to pass burdens to higher levels. In order to avoid this, federations often adopt a legalistic approach.


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|16 Feb 2011
Startup repair - Certificate recovery
I'm having a problem. When I boot some PC, startup repair starts. It doesn't matter if I start it in safe mode, last good known config or any other option. The sad part is that startup repair always fails to identify the problem. Her is the result of the startup repair:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOffline
Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 03: unknown
Problem Signature 04: 21200842
Problem Signature 05: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 06: 61
Problem Signature 07: CorruptFile
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1060.
I would gladly put a fresh system on that PC but...
There is some data (digital bank certificate) I need to recover. So I'm wondering if I start the repair from the win7 boot DVD and try to repair the problem will I lose that data? My main concern are the registry storages and user profiles on that system.
I'm also wondering does anyone know how to extract a bank certificate from the hard drive if i connect it to another working system? I need to extract a certificate from IE8 or firefox. To bad the user didn't have a backup. Some say that it is possible to extract it from firefox but not from IE8. Any help on this matter would be much appreciated.
Thank you in advance for any advice on this matter!
Regards, Teo!
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|16 Feb 2011
Hi Teo & welcome to the forums
I have succesfully used a Linux Live boot CD to recover data from a non-booting Windows installation. Once the live CD boots (making no changes to your harddrive) you can mount the NTFS non-functioning Windows volume and recover your data.
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|16 Feb 2011
Hi allend66 and thank you for the welcome
The problem is that I have to extract the certificate from the IE8 or firefox running on the corrupted system because the certificates are connected to the windows registry which store the key for the certificate if I understood correctly. Unless you know another way for private certificate extraction? I have already pluged the HDD in a working XP machine... extracted all important data, except the certificate which is hidden and encrypted very well. As i said in the previous post the user did not backup the certificate so i can't copy it. Thank you for the fast response
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|16 Feb 2011
Are you refering to *.pfx certificates to decode EFS?
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|16 Feb 2011
I'm sorry but i don't know much about certificates (don't know what EFS is). I never had a problem like this... I always exported the certificate from IE->tools->internet options->content->certificates into *pfx. I know that I need to export the certificate from IE8 or firefox in to *pfx certificate so I can import it back later after a new install. I's a internet banking certificate. I hope I have anwserd the question. Is that even possible if i can't start the system?
I really hate users that don't do backups of important files :S
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|16 Feb 2011
OK, so I think we're talking about the same thing then. (By the way, EFS = Encrypted File System. Microsoft's way of adding security to your NTFS volume which is unlocked by the pfx certificate.)
You don't have to export via IE8. One could type certmgr.msc in the run box to open the certificates MMC snap-in, though this does of course assume you have a functioning windows installation. If you (they?) haven't previously exported/backed up you might be out of luck.
If it's a banking certificate couldn't you/they contact the vendor to expedite a replacement?
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|16 Feb 2011
Well yes... they can but I want to avoid that... I know it's a small price that wouldn't be much of a problem I'm just trying to fix it if i can otherwise they will have to contact the vendor for a new one.
Is it possible to run the cermgr.msc in cmd in system repair?
One more thing...If i run a system repair from a win7 dvd will this data be lost?
Thanks for helping me
|My System Specs
|16 Feb 2011
Sorry to get sidetracked - but your 1st post said startup repair. Have you tried a repair install? - This would leave certificates intact. You might havr to run it up to 3 times for it to work - some people give up after the first try when the Windows still fails to boot.
|My System Specs
|16 Feb 2011
well i tried the option launch startup repair(recommended) at windows error recovery when booting about 10 times, but not from the win 7 dvd... I'm trying this at the moment.
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|16 Feb 2011
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The new IR changes are among the most dramatic policy shifts in our history, writes Shaun Carney.
A profound aura of unreality surrounds the introduction of the Howard Government's industrial relations changes. Nowhere has this been better demonstrated than with the appointment of the chairman of the Fair Pay Commission - a body that does not exist.
In an interview on ABC radio yesterday morning, the man appointed to the post, Professor Ian Harper, found himself in a series of knots as he attempted to outline the informal, inclusive approach he intends to apply to his commission's deliberations. At one point he appeared to propose having one-on-one in-camera meetings with unnamed parties as part of the process that will set the minimum wage. When he was challenged over the potential lack of transparency implicit in such a practice, he soft-pedalled a little on the idea.
As Harper pointed out, at the moment he is really only talking in generalities because he has not seen the legislation that will bring the Fair Pay Commission into being. He does not even know who the other members of the commission will be. And yet, he has been rolled out by the Government to pose for photos alongside the Prime Minister and to give interviews about himself and the body he will oversee.
The intent is not so much to explain the workings of the commission as it is to extend the Government's publicly funded PR and advertising campaign to support its proposals. Harper, a little-known academic economist, gives the impression of being a well-modulated, unthreatening, decent person - not a bad person to trot out to allay fears that the new system will leave millions of workers exposed and underpaid.
PR and spin are all well and good, but eventually the facts will take over. The chief fact in this IR "debate" is that the Government will implement its system. Within the next month or so, we will get to see the legislation and, in light of his capitulation over the sale of Telstra, Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce can be expected to make up the numbers to see it through the Senate.
And then, over the next few years, we will discover if this is indeed the type of society and economy that Australians want.
A good deal of the media commentary on this issue repeatedly attempts to equate the IR changes with the 1998-2000 introduction of the GST, a view that is encouraged by the Government's usual media supporters who are out there arguing that the new laws represent only mild reform. This is wrong; comparing the GST with the IR proposals is the same as likening a tricycle to a monster truck. These proposals dwarf most other policy changes not just in the past 20 years but throughout Australia's political history.
The moment of truth is approaching for the Government. When these laws are enacted, the driving forces of John Howard's ideology and his approach to politics will be put to the ultimate test. Implementation does not guarantee acceptance.
For example, the Government's real intent on desirable wage levels will be laid bare. As Labor's Stephen Smith pointed out yesterday, if the Government's submissions to the Industrial Relations Commission's wage cases since 1996 had been adopted, real minimum wages would have fallen by 1.5 per cent. Instead, because the IRC regularly granted rises higher than the Government wanted, real wages have increased 12 per cent. The "field evidence" that the Prime Minister regularly cites to style himself as the best friend Australian workers have ever had was accumulated expressly against his wishes.
If the Government wants the system to work as it intends, it might be able to get away with urging the Fair Pay Commission to provide one decent pay rise in its first deliberation, due this time next year, just to sweeten up voters before the 2007 election. But beyond that, it will have to take a much tougher approach.
This is because one of the chief objectives of the new system, as it has been outlined so far, is to arrive at a so-called market-clearing wage, where the price of labour is set so low that there is no excuse for any business not to have soaked up all available excess workers. In order to arrive at that point, the conventional obstacles - meddlesome unions, the wilfully independent IRC, bothersome elements of the existing system such as the no-disadvantage test and the unfair dismissal laws applying to small and medium-sized businesses - have to be sidelined, as they are under the Government's proposals.
This will allow employers to pretty much insist that every new employee will have to sign on to an individual contract, even in unionised workplaces. Already, the Prime Minister has given employers the signal that it will be OK to offer entry-level employees wages and conditions far below the current standards on the basis that a person without work either will be or should be grateful for anything they can get.
Given the newly granted ability to sack people at will or whim, this is likely to mean that contracts will spread very quickly throughout the workforce, especially for unskilled or semi-skilled workers.
The truth is that none of us know how this will affect Australian society. Our industrial relations history is unique and the usual arguments about nature versus nurture - whether the system has reflected Australian attitudes or actually determined them over the past 100 years - abound.
Probably the most disappointing aspect of these changes is that they are redolent of political payback. The destruction of the unions, and through them the Labor Party, is not the only thing they are about but it is undoubtedly at least a little bit of what they are about.
If this were not the case, the Government surely would have done a few things differently. Rather than focusing on dismissals, it would have set up funds and programs aimed at training managers how to recruit workers more effectively. More importantly, it would have linked the IR changes to a comprehensive set of reforms of the tax and welfare systems.
That would have allowed the Government to shift the safety net away from the workplace and into areas it controls directly, where it could have included any number of creative, incentive-based measures. It would have been easier to sell to a wary electorate, too.
It is beyond question that even some devotees of the market have shown nervousness about its capacity to always deliver.
In November 2003, a highly regarded economist gave a speech to the Centre for Independent Studies titled "Christian Morality and Market Capitalism: Friends or Foes?" In it, he said: "The market can and will violate human dignity, unless this is well defined and enshrined in law or custom. Market capitalism is, in the end, a servant of humanity in the interests of improving our material lot on this earth. If allowed to master us, it will debase and ultimately destroy us."
The name of the economist who gave that speech was Professor Ian Harper.
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Headline News - June 15, 2011
On the web:
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- SK C&C USA, InComm Will Let Merchants Offer Mobile Payments - Bloomberg
- Citi Says Many More Customers Were Affected by Data Theft - New York Times
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Note: Headline News is compiled by Glenbrook Partners. Throughout the day, as we spot interesting developments, this post is updated.