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Since you've seen the quilt top ( http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/15/17808.page ), I thought you might like to see a few pics from the wedding! It was a beautiful day on Saturday, cool, but clear & a little bit breezy. Lindsey looked like a Disney Princess & George never stopped grinning! (He mostly hid from my camera tho, the brat!) I got to go to their condo Sunday to watch them open their gifts & I took the quilt top for them to see. It was a big hit! Hooray!!!! Since they have a split level condo, it worked out perfectly - Marlene (Mother of the Bride) & I held it over the railing upstairs so everyone in the livingroom could see the whole thing :D
.............just before the ceremony, outside the church..
."Princess Lindsey" walking the aisle with her father, Rick
.Mr. & Mrs. George Mendez Jr. :D
.the first dance
.Lindsey & her Dad, Bill
.Chelsea, the happy sister!
.Marlene, the ecstatic Mother of the Bride!


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Milaca's 2014 prom is sure to be out of this world.
The theme is "Lost in the Milky Way," and the festivities get underway at 3:30 p.m. with the grand march on Saturday in Milaca High School's old gym.
Following pictures and the march, the dance and dinner will be held at Reichel's Catering and Event Center in Annandale. Students will be bused there at 5 p.m. and, after a night of dinner and dancing, will return to MHS at midnight.
Prom adviser Colleen Bell is excited for this year's event.
"Things are going great this year so far," Bell said. "We have about 200 students signed up to attend prom this year."
The only thing she said would be difficult is the task of getting everything ready for the big day.
"Now comes the hard part, which is to get everything set up in two days," Bell said.
Grand march tickets are $10 for reserved seats and $6 at the door.
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Chairman Upton, Ranking Member Waxman, Members of the Committee:
I left my position as Governor of Kansas, 4½ years ago, for the opportunity to continue work I have been doing for most of my over 35 years of public service -- to expand the opportunities for all Americans, regardless of geography or gender or income, to have affordable health coverage.
During my years as a State Legislator, as an elected Insurance Commissioner, as head of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and as a two-term Governor, and now as HHS Secretary, I have worked on that effort that I care deeply about.
There are still millions of Americans who are uninsured as well as underinsured -- people who have some coverage at some price for some illness, but have no real protection from financial ruin and no real confidence that they will be able to take care of themselves and their families if they have an accident or an illness. And for them, a new day has finally come.
In these early weeks, access to HealthCare.gov has been a miserably frustrating experience for way too many Americans, including many who have waited years -- in some cases their entire lives -- for the security of health insurance.
I am as frustrated and angry as anyone, with the flawed launch of HealthCare.gov.
So let me say directly to these Americans: You deserve better. I apologize. I am accountable to you for fixing these problems. And I am committed to earning your confidence back by fixing the site.
We are working day and night, and will continue until it's fixed. We've recently added new management talent, additional technical expertise and a new general contractor to identify, prioritize, and manage fixes across the system in two broad categories: Performance, which deals with speed and reliability and function, which deals with bugs and problems in the system.
Our extensive assessment has determined that HealthCare.gov is fixable. And I want to just outline a couple of the improvements we've made to date.
- We now have more users successfully creating accounts. We can process up to 17,000 account registrations per hour, or nearly 5 per second.
- Instead of some users seeing a blank screen at the end of the application process, they can now see whether they are eligible for financial assistance, and make more informed decisions.
- Because we've improved performance, customers can now shop for plans quickly -- filtering plans takes seconds, not minutes.
- Users are getting fewer error messages and timeout messages as they move through the application process.
- And the system has been strengthened, with double the number of servers, software that is better optimized, and a high-capacity physical database, which replaces a virtual system.
The Chairman referred to outages this weekend and again yesterday. And I would suggest to the committee that if you read the statement of Verizon who hosts the cloud service, it is the Verizon server that failed, not HealthCare.gov, and it affected not only HHS but other customers.
We still have a lot of work to do.
We have a plan in place to address key outstanding issues. It includes fixing bugs in the software that prevented it from working the way it is supposed to, and refreshing the user experience so folks can navigate the site without encountering error messages, timeouts, and slow response times.
By the end of November, we are committed that the vast majority of users will be able to review their options, shop for plans, and enroll in coverage without the problems way too many have been experiencing.
Consumers are using the site every day-- and continue to do so -- and problems are being solved. But we don't yet have a fully functioning system that consumers need and deserve.
We are still at the beginning of a six-month open enrollment, which extends through the end of March, and there is plenty of time to sign up. And to just put it into perspective: The average open enrollment for an insurance plan is two to four weeks. The new Marketplace has a 26-week open enrollment, and those who enroll by December 15th, will be able to access their benefits on day 1.
Even with the unacceptable problems with HealthCare.gov, which we are committed to fixing, the Affordable Care Act, by any fair measure, is working for millions of Americans, who are benefitting from new health security -- young adults; Americans living with pre-existing health conditions; seniors on Medicare.
The 85% of Americans who already have health coverage are protected with new rights and benefits. The 15% of our neighbors and friends who are uninsured have affordable new options in a competitive market.
And cost growth for health care is lower than it's been in years.
Millions of Americans are clearly eager to learn about their options, and to finally achieve health security made possible by the Affordable Care Act.
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RFF Archive > The Amazing Race 22
TAR 22 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
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Chateau d If:
Just to remind you :)
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Short and to the point... Well that's no fun! :lol:
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I can already answer this one! :hoot:
We have the Express Pass as an accepted and appreciated and sought after feature of TAR. So that's not going away. :wise
At the end of the first leg, what would be even better than winning one? ???
Well? Winning two Express Passes of course! :beer2:
But that may be just too simple. And I have my reasons. Let there be two EPs with the understanding that the second one has to be shared with another Team. Simple! Powerful! Adds drama too. TPTB probably got it from one of mutlitude of fantasy games going on allover. Can somebody check? ;) :popcorn:
The reason I can bring this up and speculate it with high confidence comes from the spoiler information we have on Dave & Conner. Here's my guess: Dave does not actually hurt his Achilles Tendon. He claims to have sustained the injury in order to garner sympathy from the other Teams. In particular, sympathy from the Team that wins two Express Passes on the first leg. So the EP is handed over, the ankle magically heals :browsie:, and Dave & Conner are launched into a very advantageous position in the game. One which may very well carry them to the final three. :wtg:
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That might explain why D/C are believed to be in the lead at the airport...wheelchair and all!I think we have a consensus from two GREAT Detectives!
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on February 15, 2013, 08:07:16 PM ---That might explain why D/C are believed to be in the lead at the airport...wheelchair and all!I think we have a consensus from two GREAT Detectives!
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Who will be wheelchair? It's must be David & Connor but David & Connor really eliminated this point in Leg somewhere?
Speculation for Leg 5: One team discovered they have been "lied too and back stabbed" and u-turn a team out of the race.
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In addition, Keoghan reveals, "We have a switchback coming that's a classic Amazing Race moment that we're going to repeat. We know from past experience that this is going to tweak them."
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This Reverse glass advertising sign was made for my good friend Mike Venus who is the proprietor of a brush, paint and gold leaf supplies business in London.
The company still hand makes there own specialised sign-writing brushes, and supplies customers worldwide with bespoke equipment for sign-writers, gilders and artists. The company was Established over 50 years ago and is still trading in London. They also sell my gilders tip known as The Smith Tip.
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Safety or Sexism?
Project Saferide claims to protect women from assault, but others argue it discriminates against men. Who's right and who's wrong may depend on which facts you think are relevant to the case.By Andrew Adams
Saferide, the campus ride service which serves only women, found itself the subject of a grievance filed by student activist Aaron Weck near the end of January. Weck called into question the exclusiveness of Saferide's service at this university, which under state and federal law must offer equal services to everyone regardless of gender, race, age or religion.
Weck decided not to pursue his grievance, and eventually dropped it a month later. His decision to drop his grievance came after another campus ride service, the Designated Driver Shuttle (DDS), went ahead and made changes to its bylaws expanding its service to include those who felt they needed a secure ride, but did not qualify for one from Saferide because of their gender.
The grievance illustrates the debate which surrounds a service like Saferide. According to Sid Moore, Human Rights Investigator for the Office of Affirmative Action, the department at the university which investigates charges of discrimination, two other grievances have been filed against Saferide in the past, one in the late 80s and the other in the early 90s. Moore could not discuss the past grievances due to confidentiality laws. [See sidebar on opposite page - Ed.]
However, the arguments of both sides surrounding Saferide have been well defined by the long standing nature of the debate. Proponents for the exclusive service feel that not allowing men to ride along in a Saferide van is not sexist, but just common sense. They argue that as the service's original purpose is to give women a safe and secure 'out' from a situation where they feel threatened by strange men, allowing men to use the service would totally defeat that purpose.
Those against the exclusiveness of the service are dismayed by what they view as blatant discrimination. They do not understand how their student fees can fund an organization that refuses to grant them the same service it does other students simply because of their gender. It also does not make sense to them how Saferide can exclude men from volunteering as drivers for the service.
Even though Weck filed the grievance with these complaints against Saferide in mind, he could not stress enough that his relationship with the organization is not contentious. The one-time student government official realized how someone could take a more vigorous and mean-spirited approach against Saferide to attack the service and have its funding revoked. He said he filed the grievance hoping that some agreement could be worked out where Saferide could still provide its service, but not have to worry about being the victim of lawsuits because of its exclusiveness. "I brought [the grievance] forth to discuss it, I wanted to bring Saferide under compliance to head off any defunding grievance. I decided to take the blame, and try to save Saferide," he said. Under Title IX of the of the education amendments to the U.S. Civil Code equal services must be made available to every student regardless of the gender. If someone could successfully argue that Saferide violated Title IX it could be subject to losing its funding.
Instead of having several different and separate ride services on campus, Weck would prefer to see them organized under some sort of council. Doing so would allow Saferide to serve only women, but as the larger organization would be providing rides for the entire campus body it would be immune to legal attacks.
Explaining this ideal situation Weck said: "I would be in favor of [the ride services] working together where Saferide would be comfortable with vehicles being loaned out wherever there was a need and vice versa. There should be expanded service so everyone could be safe and not have to ride with drunks."
As the situation stands now the only options for men who are stranded in a situation where they feel unsafe are the Tandem Taxi, a bicycle powered rickshaw which is designed for people with special needs (like a broken leg); OPS, which gives rides only to on- campus locations; and DDS which is notorious for its delays in peak hours because of the high demand from the high number of drunks in this college town.
In an environment with a high demand for rides, but with a paucity of available rides, Weck would like to see some changes made in Saferide before more men begin to actively campaign for the service to expand its service to include both genders.
"I like the directors of Saferide; they're cool people, and I agree with their mission statement, but they should be proactive in safeguarding their service," he said.
However, Sarah Cohn, one of Saferide's directors, does not see making any changes to how Saferide operates as imperative to protecting its exclusive service. When asked about combining with the other ride services to form a larger organization Cohn thought some sort of partnership was all right, but she was skeptical about an actual working relationship.
"A collaboration would be a great idea, but an actual sharing of vehicles would not be a good idea," she said.
Cohn's reasoning stems from her strongly held belief that DDS and Saferide offer completely different services. In her opinion, to expect one of her organization's vans to pick up drunks, and one of DDS's vans to pick up a frightened woman would be completely unreasonable.
"I don't see a point in conjoining; DDS has different needs, and so do we," she said. When asked if having a ride service that operated only for women perpetuated the myth that women were weaker than men and needed more protection Cohn could not agree. Instead of perpetuating the stereotype she viewed Saferide as an "empowering" organization for women.
But not only an empowering service Cohn also added that Saferide was "feminism in action," meaning that it represented all that women's movement stood for.
Despite agreeing with Weck that Saferide and his relations were not combative, Cohn would not say that her organization was interested in anything more than just sharing information. Direct cooperation in shuttling students was too big of a step for Saferide, and unnecessary she felt. It was unnecessary in Cohn's opinion because even though she could see why some people would make claims of sexism against Saferide, she could not see any merit to these arguments. For Cohn there were several reasons why Saferide was justified in not not only allowing men to ride along, but not drive vans either. Cohn said she had heard that on other college campuses with similar ride services there had been problems with men drivers harassing women. And even though these rumors were unsubstantiated the thought of a women being harassed in an environment she believed would be safe is sickening in itself. The other reason Cohn felt men could be excluded from the service is that the position of driver is voluntary, and it was Cohn's understanding that this meant non-discrimination laws did not apply to it.
This argument could be contested by however one interprets the law. Oregon Administrative Rules, which govern the Oregon State System of Higher Education, do outlaw prohibited discrimination. This prohibited discrimination is defined as "any act that either in form or operation and wither intended or unintended unreasonably discriminates among individuals on the basis of age, disability, national origin, race, marital status, religion, gender or sexual orientation." Whether or not Saferide is acting discriminatory is all based on how one would interpret "unreasonably." If one is a supporter of Saferide to call its exclusiveness unreasonable would be outrageous, yet for others it is this very exclusiveness which makes Saferide unreasonable.
UO's Women's Center has been a long supporter of Saferide. Jennie Breslow, public relations coordinator for the Women's Center brought up the same points Cohn had in defense of the exclusiveness of Saferide, but she brought up one other point as well. Breslow mentioned that Saferide originally began through the efforts of both men and women, so men were some of the very first proponents of the ride service's exclusiveness. This exclusiveness was brought about by violence towards women, Breslow said, and not because women wanted a private taxi service."Women have a right to feel safe, Saferide gives them that safety or perceived safety. I don't see this as a privilege, safety is not a privilege it is a right," she said.
However, she added, if Saferide were ever found to be in violation of Title IX another service should be added as long as it did not interfere with Saferide. "Rather than mess with a service that works, create a different service for those men who don't feel safe," she said.
No one can argue that violence against women is at any time acceptable. It is one of the most disgusting types of criminal behavior our society must deal with, and this campus is no different from the rest of society. In the past five years there have been twenty-three sexual assaults on campus, according to statistics compiled by OPS. These included both forced sexual assault, and non-forced assault. Non-forced assault includes taking advantage of a women when she is unconscious or using drugs to induce a loss of memory to take advantage of a woman. Some men may complain about the exclusiveness of Saferide and call it sexist, yet one wonders how their opinion would change if their girlfriend, sister or mother were to be sexual assaulted while walking home.
Yet under a strict interpretation of the law, Saferide could run into some problems. It does accept student funding to run a service, but then does not offer that service to the very students who pay to support it. And while most men joke about being assaulted sexually, they can also probably tell you about times when they have been jumped and beat up. So, while women may bear the brunt of sexual assault, men can and do fear assault just as much.
Both sides of the issue need to see the merits of each other's arguments to ensure that women do not lose a valuable tool in defending themselves, and men do not feel as if they are being discriminated against.
Andrew Adams, a sophomore majoring in Journalism is Managing Editor for the Oregon Commentator


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The stars were out in full force on Tuesday (November 27) for the 2012 UNICEF Snowflake Ball celebration in New York City.
With Tony Bennett and The Wynton Marsalis Quintet performing, Tinseltown hotties like Selena Gomez, Uma Thurman and Katy Perry got all prettied up as they filed into the annual holiday fundraising fete.
Toning down her usual playful looks for a glamorous evening, Katy Perry attended the UNICEF SnowFlake Ball at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City on Tuesday (November 27).
The "Firework" singer looked elegant in a navy semi-sheer sleeveless gown with a matching shawl and her hair worn down as she strutted her stuff on the blue carpet.
Joining fellow celebs to bring awareness to a great cause, Uma Thurman attended the 2012 UNICEF Snowflake Ball in New York City on Tuesday (November 27).
The "Kill Bill" actress looked stunning in an elegant ensemble, while posing for the waiting photographers on the Cipriani 42nd Street red carpet.


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text: Hi Claive, I was also wondering if there was a structure in testing for PCBSD. That would make things more clear. So this is a good idea. I have been a black box tester for a time and there were colleagues there who made a form and put already an outcome. If the outcome was ok, you could put this in a special directory at this company and go on with the next test. So this is a good idea. Best regards, Hans Op 17 april 2012 12:57 schreef Yuri Momotiuk <yurkis at gmail.com> het volgende: > Good idea! Would be wonderful if we found free web based solution for > creating and passing test cases > > 2012/4/17 claive alvin Acedilla <cabpacedilla at gmail.com> > >> Hello. This is a suggestion: >> >> How about if we put a Testing section (QA) in PC-BSD >> >> 1. Put a Testing section on the website (or anywhere) where all can put >> Test Cases all areas in PCBSD (AppCafe, Control Panel, Network manager, >> etc), DEs (LXDE, XFCE, etc), hardware and peripherals, apps, networking, >> etc. >> 2. Testing milestones will also be placed. >> 3. Put also bug fixes section where everybody can see which bugs are >> already fixed. >> 4. Put also software regression section where list of bug fixes, PCBSD >> new enhancements, features, patches, config changes etc that need to be >> regressed >> 5. Regression milestones will be also be placed >> >> This purpose of this is to cover testing all functionality in PC-BSD by >> using test cases that are documented and visible. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Testing mailing list >> Testing at lists.pcbsd.org >> http://lists.pcbsd.org/mailman/listinfo/testing >> >> > > > -- > Best regards, Yuri Momotyuk > > _______________________________________________ > Testing mailing list > Testing at lists.pcbsd.org > http://lists.pcbsd.org/mailman/listinfo/testing > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.pcbsd.org/pipermail/testing/attachments/20120417/8ec38980/attachment.html>


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CALISTHENICS Drill Sergeant Marc Williams has his troops just where he wants them - on their backs. He steps in front of Private Kent North and pulls out his big gun, ordering North to suck it. Private Lewis falls in line and begins sucking Private Horn's fat cock. The men put Lewis down on a workout bench and use both his holes - Horn and Lewis taking turns fucking his mouth while North eats his ass. Next Sergeant Williams stretches Private Lewis' anal cavity with his fat cannon while Private North takes it like a man from Private Horn. The tops trade bottoms and all four men fuck until they can't take it anymore. Lewis is placed back on the bench and everyone blows their loads all over his washboard stomach.
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Paleo Sweet Lemon Pepper Chicken
1lb chicken tenders/breasts/thighs
1 yellow onion, thinly sliced
1 apple, thinly sliced
2 lemons, halved
2 tablespoons raw honey
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon white pepper
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
2-3 tablespoons fat, I used olive oil
Thinly slice your onions and apples and throw them into a fat greased skillet under medium-high heat.
Let the apples and onions cook down for a bit until they begin to become translucent. When they do, add ½ lemon (juice), 1 tbsp honey, ½ tsp cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and pepper, and ¼ tsp white pepper, garlic and onion powder and mix thoroughly to help combine and let caramelize.
While the onions and apples cook away, pull out another large skillet, add some fat and heat up under medium-high heat. While the skillet heats up, salt and pepper your chicken and add them directly to the pan.
While the chicken begins to cook, add the rest of your ingredients including the spices, honey, and lemon on top of the chicken.
When the sides begin to turn white, flip the chicken over and add any extra honey and/or lemon on top, to taste.
Once the chicken has cooked through, layer some caramelized apples and onions on a plate, and top them off with some chicken. Garnish with a lemon. Why? Because it looks pretty, unlike my photography.
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Alright, so as of late I was perusing the web journals on PMC. In the highlighted territory, I saw this, titled "Why do you hack?":
I was intrigued, so I felt free to peruse the blog. In that blog, I found an immense measure of off base proclamations held together by unpleasant linguistic use and spelling. The blog resembled a 4 year old whining, and the issue is a few people really trusted it, so I'm written work this blog about what hacking truly is.
Presently, individuals say heaps of times that somebody is hacking minecraft. The most ridiculous thing I have ever heard was this quote, "Quit hacking on this server! Hacking is unlawful!"
That announcement was half valid and half false. The genuine part was that by and large, hacking is unlawful. The false part, was that the individual was "hacking." Allow me to characterize the verb hack (in web setting).
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|From: Neil Van Dyke (neil at neilvandyke.org)
Date: Tue Nov 30 06:51:52 EST 2010
Eli Barzilay wrote at 11/30/2010 06:36 AM: > The ones I ran into, at least with xexprs: they rely on lots of quasi/quotes etc and it's easy to end up with things like "<quote>nbsp</quote>". I make errors of not getting my quotes, backquotes, and commas in the right place sometimes, but those errors tend to be discovered quickly. BTW, in SHTML, my old SXML derivative for HTML, one does "(& nbsp)" instead of xexpr's just "nbsp" for an entity reference. Perhaps there is a little less risk of confusion. I think there would be even less risk of confusion if DrRacket syntax coloring assumed that the quote and backquote characters always introduced a normal Scheme quote/quasiquote context, and colored the literal parts green. > A related problem is the difference between contexts that expect a single value and contexts that expect a list of values -- with one solution of changing an `unquote' to `unquote-splicing' and the usual problems that this can lead to, or going with the bad "stuff" hack. > I ran into this potential pitfall when I was doing PLT servlets with xexprs. It's not so much an issue in SXML, since (for better or worse) SXML permits unnecessary paren nesting, so you never have to splice. Other solutions/workarounds: * Just be careful, and test. * When I was doing PLT servlets, I just had a naming convention for procs that produced xexprs, so "foo-bar-xexpr-elem" would get unquote and "blort-baz-xexpr-content" would get unquote-splicing. * Ideally, I'd want static type checking of my HTML/SXML forms. This might have been some of the attraction of Haskell to Oleg. * My template language doesn't use unquote or unquote-splicing, and instead uses constructs that I think are less error-prone. -- http://www.neilvandyke.org/
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TOP STORY > >Meeting will discuss housing
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Airmen at Little Rock Air Force Base and three other bases continue to make do with aging, sometimes decrepit, housing while negotiations drag on between failed developer American Eagle Communities and other parties including bondholders and the Hunt-Pinnacle Group.
Hunt-Pinnacle is slated to take over the privatization project. The Air Force is an interested observer, but not an actual party to the negotiations, because the housing and the responsibility to build, repair and manage it was sold to American Eagle in 2004.
Brig. Gen. Rowayne Schatz, Little Rock Air Force Base commander, will host a Town Hall meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Conference Center to update airmen and their families on progress in the stalled privatization process and address their questions and concerns regarding their current housing on the base.
Work on the building or remodeling of 1,200 housing units on the base has been at a standstill since American Eagle and its managing partner, Carabetta Enterprises, ceased work in May 2007.
The original contract called for construction of 468 new housing units and remodeling 732 existing units at LRAFB. Schatz has said the new contract would be scaled back.
Right now everything is locked down, according to Ken Williams, a civilian base spokesman. The base is pretty much a customer, he said. The process is between other parties.
We expect that a purchase-and-sales agreement will be signed within the next few months and close in the fall, according to Mike Hawkins, a spokesperson for the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE) headquartered at Brooks City-Base, Texas. AFCEE is the Air Forces central manager for its housing privatization program.
Thats in line with Schatzs estimation in April that the deal could close in October with construction starting back up perhaps in the spring.
Pinnacle Property Manage-ment Services Corporation will then provide day-to-day property management services and Hunt Building Corporation will be responsible for execution of the construction and renovation program, Hawkins said.
Hunt-Pinnacle, American Eagle and the Air Force all signed a letter of intent in April laying out the parameters of the remaining negotiations, although technically the Air Force is not a party to the negotiations.
Hunt-Pinnacle, which won the 2007 Air Force Professional Housing Management Association Award for best installation team for its work at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, has built and manages tens of thousands of such units for the military.
Thats good news for the airmen, dependents and the unpaid contractors and suppliers left in the lurch when the Carabetta Group and Shaw Infrastructure, doing business as American Eagle Communities, walked away last year from their contracts to build and remodel several thousand homes at Little Rock, Moody, Patrick and Hanscom Air Force bases. American Eagle Communities completed only about 25 of the 1,200 new and remodeled housing units it contracted to build, own and manage at Little Rock AFB and failed similarly at those other bases.
At the end of three years, Carabetta was two years behind on the Little Rock AFB contract, according to the Air Force.
The Air Force will not decide whether the Carabetta organization can bid on future government contracts until negotiations are settled and a new developer is in place to build and manage housing at four Air Force bases where Carabetta failed to fulfill its contracts, according to the general.
Pinnacle has completed five privatized, military family housing projects totaling 11,485 units with development costs in excess of $1.6 billion within the past five years. Pinnacle is the largest third-party fee management company, managing a $12.5 billion portfolio of properties in 42 states, including 22,000 military family homes.
The Hunt Development Group is 60 years old, according to information on its Web site. It has completed 170 projects for the Department of Defense, including 10 military housing privatization projects and is working on 14 others. It has constructed or rehabilitated 69,000 units of military housing.


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Israel Dagg proved why he was named at full-back with two tries, while Richard Kahui underlined his value as he also crossed twice. Jerome Kaino and Ma'a Nonu also scored, while Dan Carter added nine points and Coline Slade slotted over a conversion.
The Tongans deserve credit for their second-half display as they made life uncomfortable - particularly up front - for New Zealand and were rewarded with a Alisona Taumalolo try.


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Just thought I'd throw this out there.
We're all a cross between creative people and business people, and I am wondering other than Envato and freelancing, what else do you do to earn money online?
Do you have a website that generates advertising income? Do you earn money from affiliating?
I am really interested in learning about new ways to earn passive income online and if anyone has any tips or tricks from what they do
Google Adsense, that's it until now.
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Google Adsense, that's it until now.
On what? Your blog?
Share some figures
Currently have one app on the App Store generating some decent revenues.
Also planning to release more app projects this year along with this exciting Envato adventure!
I have around 30 web sites / blogs, generating income from adsense and sklik (same as adsense in our country), selling backlinks and other direct advertising.
I have also tried several affiliate programs on my travel web, but it really sucks
As well as Audiojungle, I sell game soundtracks and short film / independent film soundtracks on Bandcamp.
A couple of these are available on iTunes, AmazonMP3, etc… but Bandcamp is a much better deal as there is a higher commission for the seller (only 15% goes to Bandcamp) and the money goes directly from the consumer to the seller via Paypal, thus you get it instantly, unlike iTunes, etc….
Bandcamp also offers the consumer the chance to stream the entire album before buying. What usually happens is most people listen to 2-3 songs and if they've stayed that long, they end up buying the album (they keep stats of what people do on your webpages, referrals, etc…)
In addition, some customers who are fans of your work, like to pay more, and Bandcamp gives them that option. I've had one customer pay $35 for my inMomentum album – which costs $5 on Bandcamp.
I could live – albeit not that well – off Audiojungle and Bandcamp alone. OK it's not Themeforest levels, but…what is?
(I also have music royalties, which isn't 'online' earning, but it is passive income).
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canimalition said
Google Adsense, that's it until now.
On what? Your blog?Share some figures
Here, but long time no update http://www.photoshopies.com/
I have a sex webcam in my dorm. $2.000 a month for just get naked once in a while.
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Star 29.9 — By Capt. Stuart Reininger
— February 2000
True Blue
|The Blue Star 29.9's look and price would make a Yankee lobsterman proud.
Although New England has given us everything from Kennedys to Colt revolvers, it's lobster boats that define the region. Just venture into any harbor or rocky cove (watch out for the minefield of lobster pots), and you'll find it packed gunwale to gunwale with these craft. There's no dearth of reasons for this design's popularity. The lobster boat's gentle sheer and high, near-plumb bow are ideal for pounding through a coastal chop or breasting the turbulence of a wind- and tide-opposed inlet. A generous beam and skeg-protected, deep-V bottom contribute to the stability necessary to any working platform.
It stands to reason, then, that many of the same workboat-friendly touches that contribute to the lobster boat's popularity are found on New England-built or -inspired pleasurecraft. Sure enough, in the past few years, there have been a number of new launches, spanning the gamut of boat design. Whether using displacement, semidisplacement or planing hull forms, that New England look is in.
Most of these boats, however, share an upscale price that would make the staid working lobster boat blush as red as, well, a boiled crustacean. Custom and semicustom designs under 40 feet that flirt with a base-boat half-million-dollar mark are common, and there are few in the 30-foot range–which, incidentally, is the size of many real lobster boats. So, to find a 30-footer–29'9" to be exact–is a treat. To have her come in under $200,000 is like discovering a succulent clump of caviar as part of your lobster dinner. The boat in question is the Blue Star 29.9, a new offering by a new company.
She's an all-New England yacht, and I don't use that term loosely. The dark-blue hull of our test boat, which was the fourth one off the line, showed the flawless finish that only results from immaculate mold preparation and meticulous gelcoat application. (One reason most boats are white is that dings and imperfections in the gelcoat are harder to spot when there is no color.) Wooden touches throughout, such as the solid teak companionway steps and solid (not veneer) cabinetry are of matched, close-grained wood.
Unlike many of her contemporaries, which often use composites, the Blue Star has a solid mahogany caprail finished with multiple layers of varnish. To avoid blackened wood where stanchion fasteners penetrate, a custom-fit, L-shape bracket is welded to each stainless steel stanchion. The fasteners go through this bracket, which is securely caulked in place, before penetrating the wood. The result is a solid and maintenance-free fitting. Both the railings and stanchions are of two-inch-diameter 316 stainless steel pipe that is expertly welded rather than pieced together.
As a matter of fact, low maintenance is a hallmark of the Blue Star. On our test boat, wiring and plumbing were accessible either through easily removed hatches or by removing a few screws from an inspection plate. My only complaint concerned the tight squeeze getting through the cockpit day hatch to change filters and check fluids. I'd guess it would take about 20 minutes to remove the screws so the whole cockpit deck can come up for serious work or an engine removal.
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by Justin Broglio
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 29, 2014
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole in December 1911. More than 100 years later, an international team of scientists that includes a NASA researcher has proven that air pollution from industrial activities arrived to the planet's southern pole long before any human.
Using data from 16 ice cores collected from widely spaced locations around the Antarctic continent, including the South Pole, a group led by Joe McConnell of the Desert Research Institute (DRI) in Reno, Nevada, created the most accurate and precise reconstruction to date of lead pollution over Earth's southernmost continent.
The new record, described in an article published in the online edition of the Nature Publishing Group's journal Scientific Reports, spans a 410-year period from 1600 to 2010.
"Our new record shows the dramatic impact of industrial activities such as smelting, mining and fossil fuel burning on even the most remote parts of the world," McConnell said.
"It is very clear that industrial lead contamination was pervasive throughout Antarctica by the late 19th century, more than two decades before the first explorers made it to the South Pole," he added.
"The idea that Amundsen and Scott were traveling over snow that clearly was contaminated by lead from smelting and mining in Australia, and that lead pollution at that time was nearly as high as any time ever since, is surprising to say the least."
This study included ice cores collected as part of projects funded by the National Science Foundation. Additional ice cores were contributed to the study by international collaborators including the British Antarctic Survey, the Australian Antarctic Division and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany.
"The ice cores obtained through international collaborations were critical to the success of this study in that they allowed us to develop records from parts of Antarctica not often visited by U.S.-based scientists," said co-author Tom Neumann of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, who participated in a Norway-U.S. traverse that collected several of the cores used in this study.
"This included the Law Dome region of East Antarctica and a big section of East Antarctica visited by the Norwegian-United States Scientific Traverse of East Antarctica."
All measurements of lead and other chemicals used in this study were made using DRI's continuous ice core analytical system. Low background atmospheric concentrations, together with well-known and often distinct isotopic characteristics (variants of lead with different atomic weights) of industrial sources make lead an ideal tracer of industrial pollution.
"Lead is a toxic heavy metal with strong potential to harm ecosystems," said co-author Paul Vallelonga of the University of Copenhagen.
"While concentrations measured in Antarctic ice cores are very low, the records show that atmospheric concentrations and deposition rates increased approximately six-fold in the late 1880s, coincident with the start of mining at Broken Hill in southern Australia and smelting at nearby Port Pirie."
The similar timing and magnitude of changes in lead deposition across Antarctica, as well as the characteristic isotopic signature of Broken Hill lead found throughout the continent, suggest that this single emission source in southern Australia was responsible for the introduction of lead pollution into Antarctica at the end of the 19th century and remains a significant source today, the authors report.
Data from the new ice core array illustrates that Antarctic lead concentrations reached a peak in 1900 and remained high until the late 1920s, with brief declines during the Great Depression and the end of World War II. Concentrations then increased rapidly until 1975 and remained elevated until the 1990s.
Concentrations across the Antarctic continent have since declined, but still are about four-fold higher than before industrialization, despite the phase out of leaded gasoline and other mitigation efforts in many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, the report states.
"Our measurements indicate that approximately 660 tonnes [1.5 million pounds] of industrial lead have been deposited on the snow-covered surface of Antarctic during the past 130 years," McConnell said.
"While recent contamination levels are lower, clearly detectable industrial contamination of the Antarctic continent persists today, so we still have a ways to go."
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We've improved the search on 3DOcean! See the notes post.
To recap the notes post, we've added the ability to filter on item types, file types, categories and poly count!
Please let us know of any issues you find. Also, what filter do you think we should implement next?
Awesome news chendo! Cheers for that, I'll give it my rough test run, and I'll drop you a line if I get any issues / have any ideas.
Oh thank you thank you ! HEADS UP AUTHORS ! Polycount is now really mandatory.
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Great to hear this. This is something the 3d community here had asked for a long time ago
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Top Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) contender Union Rags worked four furlongs in :47 2/5 just after 9 a.m. EDT at Keeneland on April 20.
The son of Dixie Union, owned by Phyliss Wyeth and trained by Michael Matz, worked alone, galloping out five furlongs in 1:00.
"He will have one more work (at Churchill Downs) and it will be a little more serious," said Matz, who won the 2006 Derby with Barbaro. "We're just trying to keep him maintained… We'll ask more of him just before the Derby."
With no one horse dominating the Derby prep races, Matz said he believes the 2012 crop of 3-year-olds is a strong, competitive group.
"It's exciting when it's a really competitive crop and I think the next several months of racing for the 3-year-olds should be pretty exciting," Matz said. "If we all knew that one was going to win all the time, it would not be nearly so much fun. They're all competitive."
Union Rags comes into the Derby off a third-place finish in the Florida Derby (gr. I), beaten by 1 1/4 lengths with a less than ideal trip. Despite that loss, Matz said he would not trade places with any other trainer of a Derby contender this year.
Previous to the Florida Derby, Union Rags won the Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (gr. II) in his first start since finishing second by a head to champion Hansen in the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I).
"He's lost two races by a total of a length and a half," Matz said of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and Florida Derby. "It's cost him two grade Is, an Eclipse Award, and $1.2 million. If he wins the Kentucky Derby nobody will remember that. I like my horse. He's done everything we've asked him to do."


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Like A Storm is now only one more win away from holding the all time record as champ in the Cockfight. To get there, they'll have to take on the all-star cast of Jon Stevens (INXS), Charley Drayton (The Cult), Richard Fortus (Guns N' Roses/Thin Lizzy), Darryl Jones (The Rolling Stones), David Lowy (Red Phoenix), and Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses). also known as The Dead Daisies and their jammin' blues-rock single called "Washington". Cast your vote before the polls close Sunday night at 11:59p ET.
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Choi, Lewis share lead at HSBC Champions
South Korea's Na Yeon Choi birdied the 18th hole after a lengthy rain delay on Saturday to take a share of the lead with Stacy Lewis at 14-under 202 ahead of the final round of the HSBC Women's Champions.
Choi shot a 5-under 67 in the third round, while overnight leader Lewis had a 69.
Paula Creamer, who injured her shoulder in a car accident after a tournament in Thailand last weekend, also had a 69 to move into third place at 12-under 204.
Four golfers were in a group three strokes behind Creamer — American Danielle Kang (70), Spaniard Azahara Munoz (72), South Korean Sun Young Yoo (72) and Thai 17-year-old Ariya Jutanugarn (72).
Lewis and Choi were in the last group on the course at Sentosa Golf Club and had just teed off on the 18th hole when a thunderstorm rolled in, causing play to be suspended for nearly 2 1/2 hours.
Lewis was up a stroke when they left the course, but when they returned, Choi hit a 10-foot birdie putt to pull even with the American heading into Sunday.
"I think that frees me up for tomorrow," Choi, the reigning US Open champion, said of sinking the birdie putt. "I finished strong and that putt, I hit pretty solid."
The two golfers traded turns in the lead throughout the day, with neither able to pull away for good.
Lewis, the last year LPGA Player of the Year, bogeyed holes No. 1 and 3 to fall two strokes behind Choi at the start of the round.
The American regained her composure, however, and reeled off three straight birdies — including one with a 25-foot putt on No. 8 that barely caught the edge of the hole and dropped in — to pull even with the South Korean at the turn.
Choi moved atop the leaderboard again with a birdie on the 14th hole, but she bogeyed the next hole after missing a long par putt to give the lead right back.
Lewis maintained the one-shot advantage going into the 18th hole. And then the rain came.
"It was very frustrating," the 28-year-old Lewis said. "It is what it is and luckily we got finished today.
"It's going to be tight tomorrow and we are going to have to make some putts," she added.
Creamer, who was in the next-to-last group, said she felt lucky she barely made it off before the thunder and lightning started.
"Sometimes it has its perks being second to last," she said. "Dinner will taste a lot better, especially not having to grind it out on the last hole."
Creamer, the 2010 US Open champion, had low expectations coming into the tournament after injuring her shoulder in a five-car accident on the way to the Bangkok airport on Sunday night.
The pain was so bad Thursday morning, she said, she wasn't sure if she'd be able to play. She persevered, however, and now sits two shots off the lead going into the final round.
"I'm just so pleased to be out here, and let alone to be in contention on Sunday," she said. "That's just beyond my imagination of what I thought even teeing it up on Thursday."
Also in contention going into the final round is Ariya, the Thai teenager who has posted some impressive results since turning professional in December.
She tied for second at the Australian Ladies Masters in February and nearly captured her first professional title a couple weeks later when she took a two-stroke lead into the final hole at the LPGA Honda Thailand event only to completely fall apart. She wound up with a triple bogey and lost the trophy to Inbee Park.
Ariya hasn't let the disappointing finish affect her this week, however. She made six birdies in a blemish-free second round on Friday, and followed that up with a steady 72 on Saturday.
Ariya's sister, 18-year-old Moriya Jutanugarn, is also in the field in Singapore. She shot a 71 and is in a tie for 19th place with top-ranked Yani Tseng of Taiwan and Spaniard Beatriz Recari at 4-under 212.
Tseng followed up her second-round 73 with a 71 on Saturday. The five-time major winner hasn't captured a tournament in nearly a year and could soon be in danger of losing her No. 1 ranking to Choi, currently in second.
Choi can't overtake Tseng with a victory this week, but she is steadily inching closer — a fact she's trying to keep out of her mind.
"I think that if I think about that tomorrow, then I don't think I can have good results," she said. "So I will try to just think about one shot at a time."
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Murder Suspect Surrenders; Police Say, We're Closed
(NEWSER) – A fugitive in Sweden sought for murder had to turn himself in twice this week to make it stick. The suspect had been on the run for 15 months before returning to his hometown police station in Malmo to surrender, reports the Local.
When he found the doors locked, he used an intercom to explain what was going on, only to be told that the station was closed for the day and that he should go to another one. He did so, and was placed under arrest.


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Text adapted from the Introduction by John Ewers to The Indian Legacy of Charles Bird King, by Herman Viola, co-published by Smithsonian Press and Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976.
Thomas McKenney, United States superintendent of Indian trade in Georgetown, then port of entry for the District of Columbia, conceived the idea of developing a government collection of portraits of prominent Indians who visited Washington. McKenney engaged the services of Charles Bird King (1785-1862) (fig.1), a well known Washington portraitist, who had studied under the great Benjamin West and others, to paint this series of portraits. King painted from life Indian leaders of at least twenty tribes. These portraits were later handsomely reproduced as hand colored lithographs in Thomas McKenney and James Hall's three-volume classic, History of the Indian Tribes of North America, published in 1837.
McKenney and Hall's endeavor was an artistic and technological achievement. The first edition, begun in February 1837, was the culmination of eight years of effort. The last volume of this edition appeared in January 1844, some fifteen years after the project began.
Charles Bird King's Indian Portraits were transferred to the Smithsonian Institution in 1858 when the National Institute was formally disbanded and its collections dispersed. Joseph Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian, placed the portraits in the Art Gallery on the second floor of the Smithsonian Building (figs. 2,3&4). Also on display in this gallery was the collection of American Indian portraits and scenes by New York artist John Mix Stanley. This combined collection of 291 paintings was considered the largest and most valuable one of its kind. On the afternoon of January 24, 1865 fire consumed the entire gallery (fig.5). Fireproof walls and floors saved the rest of the building from complete destruction but the loss was tragic. A few of the King paintings were carried out of the building during the first few minutes of the fire, however, the rest could not be saved. The original oil portraits by King which served as models for the twenty McKenney & Hall lithographs chosen for this exhibit were among those destroyed in the fire of 1865.
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Fig. 1. Portrait of Charles Bird King, photograph ca.1860.
Fig. 2. Stereograph of the Picture Gallery in the Upper Main Hall, Smithsonian Building looking toward the portraits of American Indians by John Mix Stanley and Charles Bird King. The Smithsonian's guidebook listed 152 paintings by Stanley and 139 by King on exhibit in the gallery.
Picture Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, 1858, by: American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Lloyd & Co.
Fig. 3. Stereograph of the Picture Gallery in the Upper Main Hall in the Smithsonian Building looking toward a corner of the room which contained a copy by John Gott of the ancient Greek statue the "Dying Gaul." Behind the statue, hung salon style, were the portraits of American Indians and Indian Life painted by artists John Mix Stanley and Charles Bird King.
Picture Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, 1858, by: American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Lloyd & Co.
Fig. 4. Wood block print of the Picture Gallery in the Smithsonian Building from the 1858 Smithsonian guidebook.
Fig. 5. Heavily re-touched photograph of the fire which destroyed the upper floors of the Smithsonian Building, January 24, 1865. Taken by Alexander Gardner, Washington, DC. Courtesy Smithsonian Institution Archives.


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Hello, that's my first post in the forums, i hope to find useful stuffs to play with,
my problem is getting me confused, when i start backtrack4 that installed under vbox on ubuntu 9.04 it drops down to command line, that's fine for me, i don't wanna to go and start X window,
but the screen resolution is too low "800x600" preventing me from running long commands, so what's to do with this although i installed additions of vbox
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thanks for the link it helped me, but my problem didn't solve.
when i give the the root username and password and run startx to get into gui the resolution becomes perfect 1440x900 or so, but as i mentioned above this only happen when switch to gui, but in case of cli the resolution is 800x600!
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The Browns wanted to lure Brent Grimes to Cleveland so much they sent a private jet to collect him for his free-agent visit March 16. Now, there's a report that the cornerback could land somewhere else.
Grimes, who also visited Miami, could reach a deal there "soon," according to CBS Sports. If Grimes checks out medically -- he tore his Achilles tendon in last season's opener -- he is the best cornerback left in free agency. The Browns could team him with Joe Haden, giving them one of the best corner tandems in the league. If Grimes signs with the Dolphins or elsewhere, the Browns will have a major hole at that spot.
It's surprising that Cleveland hasn't been more aggressive in trying to replace last season's starter, Sheldon Brown, who isn't expected to be re-signed. The other top free-agent corners -- Sean Smith (Kansas City), Aqib Talib (New England) and Chris Houston (Detroit) -- are gone. There is a dropoff from Grimes to the other defenders still on the market.
Here are some of the corners left in free agency (and it's not a promising group):
Antoine Winfield, Minnesota: He could accept an offer from another team before making a visit to the Redskins. Winfield, who will turn 36 in June, has reportedly drawn interest from two other teams (which haven't been identified). While his play is on the decline, Winfield had a strong season in 2012 and has enough athleticism to be an effective starter.
Nnamdi Asomugha, Philadelphia: The one-time best corner in the game is reportedly torn between playing for the 49ers and the Saints. It looks like he'll be off the market soon.
DeAngelo Hall, Washington: There were reports that he had signed with Detroit, but the Lions aren't interested in him. Hall has received very little attention. He sometimes takes too many risks to make a play, but he is a solid tackler and is very experienced.
Quentin Jammer, San Diego: He is a physical, durable corner who has drawn no interest and could be signed for cheap. The drawback with Jammer is his lack of speed. He's at his best in press coverage and likes to deliver big hits.
Mike Jenkins, Dallas: He has been linked to the Raiders and is scheduled to visit the Jaguars on Thursday. Jenkins was relegated to being Dallas' dime back last season, and it would be a surprise to see him become a starter again.
Tracy Porter, Denver: Porter visited the Saints and Raiders this week and should make a decision soon. He is only 26 and has a good feel for the game. But there is some concern after seizures and a concussion ruined his 2012 season.
If the Browns don't address cornerback in free agency, they'll be forced to take one in the early rounds of the draft. Cleveland has shown an interest in the top cornerbacks in this year's draft. Alabama's Dee Milliner and LSU's Tyrann Mathieu, formerly known as the "Honey Badger," are both scheduled for pre-draft visits, according to The Plain Dealer. Milliner could drop to the Browns at the No. 6 overall pick, and Mathieu is projected to go in the third round.


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This article was published 29/6/2003 (5141 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Tyson Kanski, 22, described by police as an "associate" of the Hells Angels, was killed running a red light in Elmwood Friday.
A police cruiser was attempting to stop Kanski and a second biker when the crash occurred at the corner of Talbot Avenue and Grey Street around 6:10 p.m.
Friends of Kanski set up a memorial at the intersection yesterday. Some of them described him as "a good guy" and they disputed the police view that he was linked to the Hells Angels.
In a separate incident, Sean Frederick Demchuk, 20, was arrested Friday and charged with several offences related to the fire-bombing of D's Leatherworks at 574 Broadway earlier this month.
A Molotov cocktail was thrown through the front window, starting a fire that caused $10,000 damage to the small shop.
Demchuk is a Hells Angels associate and member of the Zig Zag street gang that works for the Angels.
He is charged with arson, intimidation of justice, possession of a prohibited weapon and possession of the proceeds of crimes.
As part of an unrelated investigation, police also arrested William Laurin Bowden, 27, on Friday and charged him with uttering threats.
A police spokesman said Bowden was a Hells Angels "prospect" and current leader of the Zig Zag crew.
More information about the nature of the charges against Bowden was unavailable yesterday.
Demchuk was one of four Angels associates who had charges against them stayed earlier this month.
Demchuk and the others had been charged in a string of violent, intimidation-related crimes, including firebombings, drive-by shootings and plotting to kill.
The Crown has not explained why the charges were dropped, but the usual reasons are lack of evidence or the unavailability of witnesses.
Demchuk and another Angels associate have also launched a lawsuit against four Winnipeg police officers for allegedly arresting them on trumped-up charges that they were involved in a kidnapping two years ago.
Meanwhile, the driver of the car that collided with Kanski sustained minor injuries in the crash and was treated at Concordia General Hospital.
Police, who were following Kanski, had seen him run another red light minutes before the fatal collision.
Patrolling officers had heard the sound of noisy mufflers and spotted Kanski and the other biker on Watt Street, Insp. Darryl Priesentanz said yesterday.
"At no time were police in pursuit," Priesentanz said.
It appeared the bikers had spotted the cruiser following them in traffic, because they speeded up and passed a vehicle in front of them, he said.
At the next major intersection -- Watt and Talbot Avenue -- one biker stopped for a red light while Kanski went through the light and sped away.
The police cruiser had stopped the first biker when they heard the crash of Kanski's motorcycle colliding with the car.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 29/6/2012 (1851 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
I've been doing a lot of travelling this year — three personal trips and two business trips in the last 10 months. So I'm feeling like a seasoned veteran of self-check-in terminals and security and airports — one who, mind you, is now quite content to be probably spending at least the next few months at home.
But one of my recent jaunts was to a conference presented by the Broadcast Educators Association of Canada (BEAC), a wonderful organization of which I am proud to be a member and to have served on the executive for a few years. This congregating of media professors is an annual highlight for me, and this year's line-up of speakers, presenters and panelists, not to mention the brilliant instructors whose wisdom and insight and friendship I treasure, was the best ever. I learned so much, and I'm so grateful, yet again, to have had the opportunity to attend.
In the past, the conference moved each year from a western location to an eastern one. But the BEAC board decided awhile back to choose "destination" host cities in order to encourage more delegates to attend.
So this year's conference was in Ottawa. And while, as I said, the event itself was magnificent, so, I was reminded, is the city of Ottawa itself.
Since tomorrow is Canada Day, and Ottawa is this nation's capital, I thought the tie-in was a natural. While I wish I'd been able to sample more Canadian products when I was there, I did have some great wines while touring about during after-conference hours. So if you're heading there at any time, here are some places — and some beverages — to check out.
One can't, of course, go to Ottawa without seeing the Parliament Buildings. I'd been there as a kid many years ago (and I couldn't resist going back again during this visit), and had toured the floor of the House with my family and our then-MP, the late Walter Dinsdale.
A trip through the hallowed halls of government is an absolute must. The structures are beautiful and the guides couldn't be more helpful. The view from the Peace Tower is breathtaking, and so is the sense of history captured within those walls. (Wine wasn't an option on Parliament Hill, at least not for me. But I bet there are more than a few bottles stored in more than a few drawers inside those myriad rooms. Just speculatin' is all ...)
Anyway, perhaps the next most popular attraction on the Ottawa list is the Byward Market. An historic farmers' market and shopping district by day, and a favourite gathering place by night, the Byward Market offers pretty much anything anyone could want. It was there that I spent the bulk of my non-conference time, and where there were plenty of fabulous restaurants and, happily, some great wines to be discovered.
First stop for a beverage on Day One was The Social Restaurant and Lounge in the Courtyard. I had a lovely Chardonnay — the 2010 Butterfield Station from California. I paid $11 for a really small glass, but it was truly delish. Chilled to exactly the right temperature, the aroma was of citrus, and the taste was buttery with a bit of oak. I was also thrilled to note Rockbare Shiraz on the wine list — I'd had the Rockbare Chard some years before — it was great, and a real steal for the price. Sadly, though, I checked, and the LCBO doesn't carry either one. But if the Shiraz is anything like the Chard, it'd be more than worth checking out if you like big red wines and you happen to pay The Social a visit.
(I just realized that, because the weather was very warm in Ottawa, and I ate predominantly fish, most of what I drank was white wine. So that's why there's a preponderance of those mentioned here.)
If you're at the market, make sure to check out Stella Ostaria, an Italian place with a wonderful rooftop patio. It was here that my chums and I had martinis — I voted them the best I'd ever had.
Without question the most stellar meal was at Vineyards Wine Bar Bistro, in the cellar of The Fish Market. Spectacular mussels, splendid salmon and sensational halibut — I can't recommend this establishment highly enough. And while I enjoyed the J. Lohr 2009 Chardonnay from California with my meal, Vineyards features more than 300 wines — 80 by the glass — as well as 200 imported beers and an extensive scotch selection. Live jazz with no cover charge to boot — Vineyards is a sure-fire winner.
The Delta, where the conference was being held, was under construction during our time there. But that didn't impact what the hotel had to offer. I was thrilled by a late-night glass of the 2009 Estrada Chardonnay from California — creamy, enough citrus to be interesting but with more green apple and pear on the palate, and just the right amount of oak for my taste.
On the last day, I again wandered down past the War Memorial — another iconic place that should be visited — to the Fairmont Chateau Laurier (ditto) where I thought I HAD to have a glass of wine. I would have — had the lounge (appropriately, I thought, named Wilfred) been open. But it wasn't. So I headed back up some side streets and eventually came across The Cock and Lion Alehouse and Pub. Another glorious day called for an outdoor aperitif, and I selected the Casarsa Chardonnay from Italy. With citrusy flavours and delicate floral overtones, this light beverage was perfectly serviceable on a hot sunny afternoon in Ottawa. And finally, this was one the LCBO carried — there, it's $13.15 a bottle. I paid $6 a glass.
Whether you're in our nation's capital, at home on the deck or at the lake with friends, if you're looking for Canadian wines with which to toast our country tomorrow, I'd suggest the Sandhill Chardonnay or Merlot, and/or the Quails' Gate Chard, Chenin Blanc and Pinot Noir, all from B.C. And I've got lots more info on Quails' Gate products in an upcoming column.
Happy 145th birthday, Canada!


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I rarely write about toxic plants because this site is about edibles. However there are enough prickly nightshades around to justify an article about them and how to identify them even if they aren't edible.
The Red Soda Apple, Solanum capsicoides, might be a native Floridian. Botanists can't agree. It is now found in most warm areas of the world. Outside of North America S. capsidoides is often confused with Solanum aculeastissimum. Or… botanists being what they are… S. aculeastissimum and S. capsidoides might be the same species, or a close variation. At any rate it is a thorny, large-leafed plant to a yard high with spines all over it including the leaves, which can be shiny. The round green fruit resemble a striped water melon. When ripe it is red and slightly smaller than a ping-pong ball. One is safe saying the fruit is not edible because it certainly is toxic at some stage. Yet, one can find snippets of references here and there to the opposite. Usually they say the ripe flesh is edible but not the skin nor seeds which have the highest concentration of toxins. If the flesh is eaten it is only in small amounts. Loaded with steroids and precursors of steroid hormones it has been associated with abortions and other things steroids can do to your body. Ripe cut fruit is used as cockroach bait. Some botanists would argue S. aculeastissimum is African and all the nasty stuff is about that plant not S. capsicoides which they say is Brazilian. It is a dangerous family and best avoided. The easy answer is the Red Soda Apple is not edible. That is my position until someone can demonstrated in person otherwise.
The Tropical Soda Apple, Solanum viarum, is similar to the Red Soda Apple except its fruit turns bright yellow when ripe. And if I remember correctly the riper the fruit gets the more toxic it gets. And while it is similar-looking to the Red Soda Apple it's oak-shaped leaves are dull green, never shiny. A lot more is written about the Tropical Soda Apple. For a toxic plant cattle and feral hogs spread the plant's seeds around in their droppings. Growing to six feet high it has thorns on the tops sides of the leaves, underside of the leaves and all along the stem. It can grow year around as long as it stays warm. The blossoms are creamy white with petals and a yellow center. Its sweet-smelling fruit is one inch in diameter containing up to 400 brown seeds. The plant can produce some 50,000 seeds a year. They think its seeds came to south Florida in the tummies of cattle from Brazil around 1988. It became such an invasive that some ranchers were spending as much as 40% of their working time on controlling the plant costing some $16 million in 2007 dollars. Biological controls were implemented in 2003 with the release of Gratiana boliviana a beetle that only eats Tropical Soda Apple. It is currently found in Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. All reports say it is toxic. Avoid it.
Horsenettle, Solanum Carolinense, is similar looking to the Tropical Soda Apple but is a smaller plant. The Tropical Soda Apple has larger leaves and long thorns and is more shrubby. Horsenettle flowers can be purple or white where Tropical Soda Apple has only white blossoms. And while the Horsenettle also has yellow fruit they tend to be wrinkled when ripe. The Horsenettle also has a potato-like odor when a leaf is crushed and the leaf stems are are covered with star-shaped hairs. Yellow fruits are half-enclosed in a paper calyx. The Horsenettle is found in most of the United States and Eastern Canada. It skips Nevada, Colorado, North Dakota, Montana and all of Canada west of Ontario. Not edible. A close relative, the Robust Horsenettle (Solanum dimidiatum) which has rounder leaves than the Horsenettle, also is not edible.
The Aquatic Tropical Apple, Solanum tampicense, typically prefers wetlands. Much of southwest Florida have been invaded by it. Once established, it forms large, tangled, dense stands along river banks, cypress swamps, open marsh, and relatively undisturbed wetlands. It's native to the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America and blooms in the fall. A straggly, sprawling prickly shrub, woody below, herbaceous above, has green stems to 16 feet long. Leaves: Alternate, simple, leafs longer than wide, 10-inches wide, three inches wide deeply round-indented edges, recurved or straight prickles on veins, and stellate hairs. Flowers are small, three to 11 individual flowers in stalked, branched clusters at leaf axils. Petals are white; stamens with yellow anthers held closely and erect in center of flower. Fruit: A small, spherical, tomato-like berry to almost half-an-inch, shiny solid green turning orange then bright red at maturity, with 10 to 60 yellowish, flat-round seeds. Not edible.
Among the more unusual prickly non-edibles is the Nipplefruit Nightshade, Solanum mammosum. While it is naturalized in Puerto Rico it also escaped from back yards in peninsula Florida south coastal Texas. I'm not quite sure why one would plant it. Not edible, prickly, and irregular in flowering and fruiting. The fruit contains solanine saponine, mallic and gallic acids, and solamargine, a glycoalkaloid. It is purgative. There is one Malaysian report that the unripe fruit is edible. I'd have to see it to believe it. The plant resembles a thorny eggplant but can grow to the size of a small tree.
The Jamaican Nightshade (Solanum jamaicense) is found in only a few central Florida counties. It's a prickly, perennial, invasive shrub in central and southern peninsular Florida and was first seen in the state in 1930 near St. Cloud. Jamaican nightshade is usually found in woodlands where it can dominant the understory. Occasionally it grows in isolated patches in the open. Like other nightshades in this article it is armed with short curved spines. Leaves are in subequal pairs, with dense stellate hairs, somewhat diamond-shaped, flowers white, yellow anthers; fruit is an red-orange berry to about a third of an inch.
Very few people would mistake the Buffalobur, Solanum rostratum, as edible but it is a prickly, toxic nightshade often seen. The small fruit is totally encased in a spiny calyx. It is an erect, branching annual found in fields, pastures, fence rows, roadsides and wastes sites. The leaves have with prominent white veins. The plants, especially the leaves and green fruit, are poisonous and contain the glycoalkaloid solanine as well as other tropane alkaloids. The plants can also accumulate toxic levels of nitrates from the soil. Stinging or Itching – The numerous sharp spines on the plants and burs can cause intense, lingering pain if touched. Animals are also affected, and even after the burs are removed, dogs will continue to lick and chew on their feet because of the pain.
Before we move on to an edible prickly nightshade, why the term "soda apple?" Soda through Middle English, Middle French and Middle Latin is probably from the Arabic word Suwwad (saltwort) which was a plant alkaloids were gotten from perhaps for soap making. And most of these non-edible plants have alkaloids. So instead of thinking Soda Apple or Tropical Soda Apple think Alkaloid Apple, a good reason to avoid said. Lastly there is one local prickly Solanum that is a tomato and definitely edible, the Litchi tomato. To read more about it go here. There is also a lesser edible, the Turkey Berry, read about it go here.
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It's official, my blog titles are just periodic updates until it's not anymore. :-)
In mid July I spent 2 weeks visiting my sister and my son in Illinois and had a really great time. My sister recently retired so we had plenty of time to spend together and most of it was spent sprucing up things inside her home.
First we updated some accessories in her kitchen — to unify the look. Prior to this it was just a Hodge podge of things she had accumulated over the years. Once we found the picture below we decided to go with a "bird theme".. Maybe we overdid it? :-) Oh well, she likes it and that's all that counts.
I made a new checked tablecloth for her as she spilled a little bleach on the orange one. I thought it would be too dark, but it turns out it was nice to break up all that orange.
When we found this lantern we decided to embellish the inside with an egg tree — similar to one we saw that would not fit. So we made our version from Styrofoam, couple of bags of eggs, hot glue, and little sprigs of wheat.
It sits on top of her fridge
And finally we filled up the area above her kitchen cabinets. This is just one side..
Outside we planted this perennial garden. She wanted to experiment with gardening so we kept it small. She has since edged it nicely so she can easily mow around it. It's such a great little back yard that would be perfect to go gardening crazy so I told — just let me know and we'll tackle it.
At my son's apartment we rearranged his bedroom so he could his window A/C unit in and out without any help. Moving that king size bed was a chore even with 2 people.
And we scored big time on a used sofa and easy chair thru a local online ad. Just $100 for both of those plus the table in between. What a deal! Not his ideal style, but he was happy to get something comfy til he can afford to do something different.
Last winter his dad helped him install the shelving unit I bought him for Xmas. And then we added those white wire covers and replaced his "Star Wars" looking antenna this trip - both sure cleaned up the area, but I didn't get a picture of those. He's itching to lose the rooster picture.. I suggested he just take it down for now. :-)
I'm nearly done with a quilt for my Niece. A wedding present - pictures to follow. And I just finished a wall hanging for the porch which is @ the LAQer. Here's a picture of it before I sent it off. This is where it will hang - I plan to have it framed under glass. It will not get any direct sunlight here, but more light exposure than if it hung inside even with UV proteced glass so I'm sure in a year or so I will know firsthand how exposure will impact it.
The cabinet in the picture above is a new piece. We are still waiting on a few other pieces including a counter height table and 4 stools that will be a our small dining area. Those will sit to the right of the black cabinet.
Here's a closer look of the rug in the smaller room. I changed my mind many times before deciding to go this direction. So many rugs were a bit too colorful and even though I love color I did not want a beachy, water in your face look. Most outdoor rugs have such large patterns like this Killim rug, but it resembles a quilt pattern to me so I can live with that !! Probably why I like it. :-)
And I made another antique purchase.. this bench. I looked at this one for over 3 weeks trying to imagine if it would fit as I worried it might be too much. The areas are filling up and I need to be careful to not have too much going on. I added 2 killim pillows to pick up on the rug. So far I think it's all working. I have some fabric picked out to make drapes for the smaller room - hopefully I can get those done before we button up the porch for the winter.
Eventually I'd like to replace the basket with a potted plant in big crock or bucket.
Reports on RVing and Gardening are skimpy. Tom and I are headed to Red Bay, Alabama tomorrow for some work on the motorhome And later this month a landscape company will be planting a lot of new trees and bushes around the porch and tweaking the big bed along the garage..which needs a lot of work. Hopefully after they are done everything will be back in tip top shape.
This is my rendering of how one of the new beds will look. Though the stepping stones will not be installed right away. There's some disagreement on the size of stones to use so I decided we will wait to see everything else in place before making that decision.
Til next time….


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Meet National Political Director Katherine Archuleta for a Campaign Update
As we reflect upon this Hispanic Heritage month, it's inspiring to see the efforts underway to prepare Virginia's Latinos for November's election.
Each day, people are pitching in to share their support in so many ways:
- After seeing the President in a rally, Melissa was so inspired she joined our team to volunteer as an OFA intern before she even began her freshman year of high school!
- Jose, a 91-year old proudly joined our voter registration booth at the Ecuadorian festival wearing his well-worn and treasured Obama baseball cap.
- Latinos for Obama groups hosted Democratic Convention watch parties across nine cities in Virginia and San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, the first Latino keynote speaker of a Democratic convention, drew the admiration of hundreds of volunteers during campaign events in Mount Vernon, Fairfax and Prince William county.
- Spanish language ads, like this one by Cristina Saralegui, are informing our community about what's at stake in the election.
- And Virginia Latinos for Obama groups are organizing and building community in cities large and small—from Virginia Beach to Henrico to Harrisonburg to Mount Vernon to Winchester... where we even had Latino supporters from West Virginia join us!
These stories, and those of so many others, are important reminders that one of the most valuable ways to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month is to join our growing community working to empower Latino voters and volunteers across Virginia.
As part of Virginia's Latinos for Obama Hispanic Heritage Month of action-- we invite you to join us in our weekend of action volunteer events with special guest, OFA National Political Director, Katherine Archuleta! Ms. Archuleta is not only the highest ranking Latina on the Obama campaign, she is also the first Latina to hold the position of National Political Director for any major presidential campaign.
Click here to see Katherine Archuleta's very personal story explaining why re-electing the President is so important. Then sign up to join Katherine Archuleta this Sunday for a special campaign update and a Latinos for Obama training (RSVP here). The event will be followed by a 2 p.m. canvass from OFA-Mount Vernon office (RSVP here).
Remember, by volunteering with the campaign, we give our President four more years to secure a strong and prosperous future for Latinos and all families across America. If Katherine, Jose and Melissa can get involved in making a difference, you can too.


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