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White Oak retires loan, balances budget
White Oak council retired a loan on Monday and balanced a 2014 budget in the process.
Council's outgoing finance chairman said the act wiped out a 0.75-mill tax increase in a $5,382,729 budget that holds the line at 4.66 mills and anticipates a surplus over $5,114,047 in expected spending.
"The loan was costing us money," chairman George Dillinger said of a $4.2 million, 10-year Pennsylvania Infrastructure Bank loan with 1.65 percent interest.
It made money when certificates of deposit had rates "north of 3 percent," Dillinger said at his last meeting after 14 years on council. "Now a six-month CD has an interest rate of 0.325 percent."
The borough will use a $3.2 million CD as well as the remaining $416,000 principal on the loan to pay off $2,859,500 still owed with six years to go.
That will leave $800,000 that can go toward what council president David Pasternak called a tight budget for 2014.
Pasternak said there is no line item for economic development, in response to a $1,500 request from White Oak Local Development Corp. president Wayne Washowich.
His nonprofit is at the forefront of planning for the Lincoln Way widening project set to begin in March.
"There is a tremendous amount of planning that goes into a project of this size," Washowich told council.
He asked for $1,500 to pay for legal and other professional service fees as the development corporation reapplies for a $1.3 million Allegheny County Department of Economic Development Streetscape grant.
"That is really going to finalize the project," Washowich said, which would add new signs, benches and lighting to a $10 million PennDOT plan for sidewalks, curbs, crosswalks, a turning lane and a merging of two traffic signals into one.
Pasternak reminded Washowich that council approved a $15,000 match for a $35,000 grant, but Washowich said that was for the original design grant more than a decade ago.
Council authorized White Oak's participation in filing a declaratory judgment action against Municipal Authority of the City of McKeesport.
Attorney Jack Cambest is seeking approval from municipal authority communities before filing action against what Solicitor Krisha Mackulin described as a $1 million "unlawful host fee" paid to the city of McKeesport "and subsequent unjustified rate increases."
The city has argued that the fee is needed for security, street openings, infrastructure repairs and shared equipment and that rate hikes cover a $60 million unfunded state mandate for treatment requirements and sewer separation.
Council approved BlueRoof Technologies' plans for the "Tiger Vet project" providing a "smart house" for a disabled veteran on property BlueRoof owns in the borough.
It gave its blessing to a full design for a community center to be built on the White Oak Athletic Association campus.
It waived a second fee payment John Cardo otherwise would have to pay to resubmit his plan for a pair of 7-by-12-foot rotary billboards along Route 48 at Sunset Road. Engineer Donald Hultberg said Cardo "has been working diligently" toward submitting required paperwork for the borough planning commission to consider on Jan. 2.
Council named Jayme Bergman to the Zoning Hearing Board and reappointed Andrew Macey and Thomas Miller to the recreation board, Wayne Weinstein to the building code appeal board, Paul McCarthy to the planning commission and Patrick Schmidt Sr. to the Civil Service Commission.
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|The handle on my Mike Jabbur coffee mug is one of my absolute favorites in my collection. The ear-shaped curve at the top of the handle is just perfect for my fingers to comfortably nestle into, and is now a shape I seek out in a handle…and something I have been incorporating into my own work.
It's these details that make all of the difference. In today's clip, an excerpt from his DVD Precise Imprecision: Strengthening Throwing Skills to Create Dynamic Functional Pottery, Mike demonstrates his handle making process and discusses the details he considers to make them function well. – Jennifer Harnetty, editor
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Well, as usual, my Facebook page has served as a springboard for another blog post. Here's what's up. I had seen some postings by friends who are going through divorces, usually as a result of domestic violence suffered at the hands of their husbands. Many Muslim women, especially reverts, have the incorrect understanding that according to Islam, they are supposed to just put up with the violence, be patient, and expect their reward in Jannah. I rather forcefully disagreed, as I posted on my … [Read more...]
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Wall Walkers patrol the outer perimeter of Grevel Nub Arbor, which is sectioned off from the rest of the world by a wall of interlaced trees. A Wall Walker's ant allows them to inspect every last corner of the barrier for damage by taking their rider directly up the side of the wall, and even upside-down. Once a problem is spotted, the ants make gathering repair materials a cinch-- after all, they can carry ten times their body weight.
First Appearance: Chapter 3
Attack Power: 27
Defense Power: 6
Critical Chance: 2%
- 15% chance of Fire Venom (+2 Attack)
- The Wall Walker bites you with an intensely strong bite, weakening you.
- 10% chance of Ambush (+4 Attack)
- Climbing up into an unexpected location Wall Walker gets the jump on you catching them off guard.
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Worries about a possible Irish bailout and rising expectations for metals prices dominated trading on the FTSE 100 yesterday, with the two cancelling each other out as the market finished just 1.7 points lower at 5,815.
Banks exposed to Ireland were a major drag on the blue chip index. Royal Bank of Scotland, exposed both through Ulster Bank and also through its holdings of Irish government bonds, was down 2.7% to 41p.
Barclays, which holds fewer bonds but feels the effect through its investment banking operations, was also down - by 4.7p to 284.9p. The bank is also suffering from investors' expectations that it will need a rights issue to meet new capital requirements.
HSBC, another with investment banking exposure, was down 5.6p to 684p.
Not all the banks were suffering. Lloyds Banking Group, which has operations in Ireland but no investment banking connection, was up 1p to 68.5p.
The mining stocks dominated the leaderboard and were the key factor holding the FTSE 100 up. A note from Bank of America Merrill Lynch caught the mood, arguing that the second round of Quantitative Easing in the US and surging Asian demand meant higher commodity prices across the board, and higher copper prices in particular. The bank said those most likely to benefit were Xstrata and Rio Tinto. Rio was up 68.5p to £44.01, while Xstrata was up 50.5p to £14.19.
The FTSE 250 also got a lift from the news, with Ferrexpo up more than 10% to 395.9p after the Ukrainian iron ore miner also revealed a $647m expansion plan to boost output by 40%.
BT was the day's stand-out performer among the FTSE 100. Shares in the telecoms giant were up 6% to finish at 169.1p, after it raised its full year earnings outlook.
Icap was the biggest faller among the FTSE 100, down 20.4p to 473.6p. A note from Credit Suisse downgraded the inter-dealer broker to "Neutral".
In the FTSE250 Supergroup - which owns the Superdry and Cult brands - was living up to its name as it continued its surge. It was up 12.5% after Goldman Sachs opened its coverage of the retailer with a "Buy" recommendation. The group floated in March at a price of £5 a share - the stock finishing yesterday at £13.50.
Among the smaller caps, road signs maker Hill and Smith Holdings lost 17% of its value to finish at 238p, after it warned that the rephasing of a key government motorways scheme would hit profits.
And newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror was also down 15% - or by 16p - to 88.75p after its interim management statement revealed a poor September's trading.


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Entertainment, Features, Politics, Top Stories, Videos
What Is The Debt Ceiling?
Bankrupting America Launches New Debt Ceiling Resource Center
"Literal Debt Ceiling" Web Series To Highlight Key Issues
Arlington, Va. – Bankrupting America, a project of Public Notice, today launched a Debt Ceiling Resource Center to provide facts and the latest news and developments as Congress debates increasing the nation's debt ceiling this summer. The resource center will educate Americans about the key drivers of the debt, provide a 10-year projection of future increases and explain why any deal in Congress must include equal to or greater spending cuts in return.
To help put the issue into perspective, Bankrupting America will also launch a new video series, "The Literal Debt Ceiling," consisting of short web videos that will help break down the key issues, provide a commonsense perspective and highlight the dangers of failing to fix the problem. "The Literal Debt Ceiling" will offer a new and creative way to think about spending issues and cut through the political rhetoric clouding the debate.
Gretchen Hamel, executive director of Public Notice, issued the following statement:
"The debate this summer about increasing the debt ceiling is an important reminder that Washington has failed repeatedly to live up to its promises to get spending under control. Increasing the debt ceiling without equal or greater spending cuts or reforms does nothing to address our long-term fiscal crisis. Debt and spending remain top concerns for Americans, and this resource center will help hold members of Congress accountable."
The official borrowing limit for the United States expired on Sunday, May 19, 2013, but the U.S. will not hit the actual debt limit until later in September or October, according to the Treasury Department.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Growing unrest in the Middle East and North Africa stifled air passenger traffic in February, reducing growth sharply from January levels, International Air Transport Association figures released on Tuesday showed.
International passenger traffic grew 6 percent compared with a year earlier, down from a revised 8.4 percent rise in January as would-be travellers delayed or postponed their journeys to the region, depressing monthly numbers.
"The political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa during February is estimated to have cut international traffic by about 1 percent. As such it is responsible almost entirely for the slippage in passenger demand growth," IATA said.
Air freight -- an important measure of world trade -- was also affected by the unrest, as well as by factory shutdowns due to the Chinese New Year, which occurred in the first part of February.
Air cargo traffic was up just 2.3 percent in February after rising 8.7 percent in January, IATA said in its monthly traffic figures.
Passenger volumes for February were 16 percent above the early 2009 low point, and around 5 percent up on the 2008 pre-recession peak, while cargo levels matched the early 2008 peak but were 7 percent down on the May 2010 high.
Rising oil prices, pushed up by concerns the unrest could disrupt oil supply from the Middle East, are also choking air traffic, adding to pressure on industry margins as capacity increases ahead of an expected rise in demand.
"With looser supply and demand conditions, it will be a challenge for airlines to recover the added cost of fuel," IATA Chief Executive Giovanni Bisignani said in a statement.
"Our pathetic 1.4 percent expected margin for 2011 is under considerable pressure."
IATA said for every dollar increase in the price of a barrel of oil, the industry needed to recover an extra $1.6 billion in additional costs.
The Japanese earthquake and ensuing concerns over a damaged nuclear power plant, combined with continuing unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, are expected to squeeze March air traffic further.
"As the unrest in Egypt and Tunisia spreads across the Middle East and North Africa, demand growth across the region is taking a step back," Bisignani said.
"The tragic earthquake and its aftermath in Japan will most certainly see a further dampening of demand from March."
IATA represents 240 airlines operating 94 percent of all international traffic. Domestic flights are excluded from its data. (Reporting by Martin de Sa'Pinto; Editing by Hans Peters and Susan Fenton)


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Torment: Tides of Numenera - Interview @ Iron Tower Studio
There's a new Torment: Tides of Numenera interview at the Iron Tower Studio forums with Project Director Kevin Saunders.
Making a proper Torment game is a very challenging task, mostly because what made the original so special is the writing (story, characters, interactions, etc). Thus, to make a worthy sequel, "all you have to do" is to write a great story with great characters and dialogues. How's InXile approaching it?
Kevin: We've talked about the basic structure of our writing organizational approach before, so I'll just mention that part briefly here: we're spending considerable effort in establishing our design and writing conventions and designing example areas and characters to serve as a foundation to help guide our many writers. And we're writing the five From the Depths novellas upfront, which will acclimate several of our writers to the setting and provide us all with a deeper understanding of the Tides.
But I think this only partially touches upon what you're asking. =) One key component is the strength of the creative vision. Developing and communicating this vision is one of Colin McComb's primary responsibilities and my part is to help him succeed.
I don't think it's this simple, but I believe that, in general, design by dictatorship yields the best results. To that end, I'm helping Colin be a good dictator. Colin is great about soliciting and extracting value from the feedback of others, but I try to push him to make sure he doesn't compromise his vision in doing so (including freely ignoring (most of) my feedback when he wishes =) ). Colin's a sincere, thoughtful guy, and empathy for others can hinder one from being an effective dictator. I also try to identify and champion the aspects of Colin's vision that I feel are the strongest. Brian Fargo has also been doing this at key points in preproduction – reviewing we're where at and calling out both the areas of risk he wants us to focus on and the areas of greatest potential he feels we should emphasize.
Related to the creative vision, and Colin's ownership of this aspect of Torment, is the other writers being empowered to own the vision for their sections of the game. The strong foundation, conventions, and examples that Colin, Adam, Tony Evans, and I are working on are all toward this end – if we provide the right guidelines to the writers, then they can exhibit full creative freedom from there, with a much greater chance that what they come up with will complement Colin's vision. This means there's less chance that Colin's feedback to the other designers will require a lot of rework, so they'll be able to build momentum and create content that accentuates their strengths. Not that we'll perfectly achieve this, but it is how we are approaching the game's development.
We have added safeguards simply through the creative talent we have involved in the process. Not only do I have a lot of faith in the team (in many cases stemming from first-hand experience working with them), but I'm hoping peer review further helps us refine the content. For example, Chris Avellone has been reading everything and giving feedback along the way aimed toward strengthening the story and characters and helping Colin flesh out and communicate his vision. Finally, we're planning for a lengthy finalization period, which will give us time to iterate and improve anything that we feel doesn't come together well enough initially.
I think if we were to concentrate on "this must be a worthy sequel!" then we'd hamstring ourselves a bit. We're not explicitly attempting to "compete" with Planescape: Torment in terms of its writing, characters, and storytelling. We are making a game that places focus on those elements, but we'll allow Torment: Tides of Numenera to organically become its own game.
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Saltillo boys win battle of unbeatens: NH, Cumby start district off with wins
From Staff Reports
Jan. 9, 2008 - The Saltillo boys stayed on top of the District 22-A standings Tuesday by beating Miller Grove in a showdown of unbeaten teams. The Saltillo girls also won to keep their district record spotless.
At Union Hill, Cumby senior Kris Stanford had a triple double in the Trojans' 52-44 win.
Meanwhile, the North Hopkins boys opened District 18-A on the right foot with a 27-point victory over Quinlan Boles.
Saltillo 58, Miller Grove 43
MILLER GROVE - Saltillo improved to 6-0 in District 22-A, while the Hornets dropped to 16-6 overall and 5-1 in district in a battle of previously undefeated teams.
Saltillo got out to a 30-14 lead at the half and a 44-31 lead after three quarters of play.
Kenneth Poor led Saltillo with 16 points while Derek McClure added 13.
For the Hornets, Yan Heijligers scored 15 points and Andrew Steele added 12 points.
"We did not compete in the first half. I thought we came out and played during the second half," said MGHS coach Gary Billingsley. "They are very good and also well-coached. I think we got better tonight."
The Hornets will travel to Savoy on Friday, while Saltillo hosts Sulphur Bluff on Thursday.
Saltillo 14 16 14 14 -58
Miller Grove 7 7 17 12 -43
Saltillo - Kenneth Poor 16, Derek McClure 13, Nolan Garmon 9, Jocsan Gamez 8, Stephen Mobley 6, Maikel Groenewold 4, Chris Richey 2.
Miller Grove - Yan Heijligers 15, Andrew Steele 12, Aaron Baylus 7, Kenny Robbins 5, Cayle Watson 4.
Cumby 52, Union Hill 44
UNION HILL - Cumby senior Kris Stanford led the way for the Trojans with a triple-double of 26 points, 19 rebounds, 10 steals, six assists and five blocks in their win over Union Hill.
Brian Clem finished with nine points, nine rebounds, two assists and one steal, while Brixx Hawthorne added five points, three rebounds, four assists and five steals for Cumby (1-0 in District 18-A).
Cumby led 31-26 at the half and trailed 39-38 after three quarters of play.
Cumby 13 18 7 14 -52
Union Hill 14 12 13 5 -44
Cumby - Kris Stanford 26, Ryan Vaughn 2, Brixx Hawthorne 5, Gary Luna 3, Brian Clem 9, Taylor Gay 4, Michael Cross 3.
Union Hill - Individual stats not available.
North Hopkins 66, Quinlan Boles 39
QUINLAN - The Panthers opened district with a convincing victory as three players scored in double figures.
Robert White put in 20 points, Roger Sancho had 14 and Canyon Cockrum scored 11, including three 3-pointers in the third quarter.
NH head coach Matt Rager said White, Sancho and Calvin Brey (six points) helped control the game with their rebounding and low post play.
"Great job by our post players tonight," Rager said. "They controlled the boards, which led to transition offense. Our guards did a great job pushing the ball in our fast break. We have been working in practice on getting out and running our fast break to get easy buckets, and they did a job job of that tonight."
North Hopkins 20 10 25 11 -66
Boles 10 12 6 11 -39
North Hopkins - Canyon Cockrum 11, Jy'Darius Hawkins 9, Juan Delgado 2, Joe Smiddy 3, Robert White 20, Roger Sancho 14, Calvin Brey 6, Paco Castro 1.
Boles - Chris Homsby 2, Stephen Hatchel 3, Zach Holler 11, Johnathan Lewis 3, Dustin Thomson 3, others 17.
Saltillo 67, Miller Grove 31
MILLER GROVE - No. 1-ranked Saltillo held Miller Grove under 10 points scoring in the first three quarters and took a commanding 42-12 lead at the intermission.
Saltillo's Winter Johnson led the way with a game-high 21 points, while Kimber Thompson scored 16 points and Brooke Lane and Stephanie Methe scored 11 points each.
Miller Grove (10-12, 3-3) had eight points from Ina Jensen and five points from Dianne Sparks.
"They are a very good team and well-coached," said MGHS coach Gary Billingsley. "Hopefully we can learn from this."
The Hornets will travel to Savoy on Friday, while Saltillo hosts Sulphur Bluff on Thursday.
Saltillo is now 20-2 on the season and 6-0 in district.
Saltillo 21 21 11 14 -67
Miller Grove 4 8 3 16 -31
Saltillo - Winter Johnson 18, Kimber Thompson 16, Stephanie Methe 11, Brooke Lane 11, Jessica Gilbreath 5, Sarah Clover 4, Candace Prather 2.
Miller Grove - Ina Jensen 8, Dianne Sparks 5, Haley Potts 4, Rebecca George 4, Jamie Hayes 3, Mari Del Castillo 3.
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realthing said
One sale in 2 days ?????? 18 sales the first 2 days of the week….............................. The strangest week EVER on videohive….................. I am really expect some official feedback…. this is not normal
actually, I think this is totally normal. marketplace dynamics, if you like to call it so.
I keep myself out of this thread because it doesn't have a real purpose. Authors come here when they have bad sales, but not when they have average sales.
They post here to see if others have also bad sales and of course that are the authors who look at this thread for the very same reason. They agree with sales being bad and something is "really really wrong" although everybody else who is not posting here might have average sales.
I had bad days when people were posting here about good days and I had fantastic days when people complaint about having no sales at all. Right now I have good days, while you are thinking there is something wrong with the marketplaces.In the long run, sales are okay.
+1 I have normal sales this week for example)
This week was pretty bad until today, now it's a little above average
Bad Month 2-4 days – a sale,1-4 days – 1 sale
Best month ever, it's a new high record for me, cheers!!!
I don't know why people are complaining about bad sales.
If you check the top sellers this week the last few files are at 15 sales and i don't really remember when was the last time that happened.
Hmmmm….at last, the sale stops for 24hrs, after a 17-awesome-marathon-days sale. Take a break, take a break.
Nobody complaining? Thats good
bilalmarri said
Nobody complaining? Thats good
First half of week is just great!
Best Regards, Andrey
AndrVlad said
bilalmarri said
Nobody complaining? Thats good
First half of week is just great!Best Regards, Andrey
Things are going pretty good too. should be all time best for me in terms of earnings.
By the way last time i said sales are good they just stopped for the rest of the month
I hope its not the case this time.
Small drop here ~10% (not so good as previous months)


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Even though this just came out, it did miss on the Jen and Paul thing and also even though the headline says they met, it doesn't look like they actually met when you read the article. Oh well, it's gossip and it's fun. Look, in the corner, Nicole is having a boy. They do have a 50% chance of being right.
Brad Pitt is extending an olive branch to ex-wife Jennifer Aniston by arranging a secret lunch date to introduce her to his daughter, Shiloh . "Brad wants to tell Jen that he cares for her and always will," says a close source. "And he'd like to hear her say that she forgives him."
A source reveals to Star that Angelina is going to be furious about this meeting. "Angie would rather Brad leave things where they are. She doesn't' give a hoot about Jen or her feelings. But Brad does what Brad wants."
When they broke up after their four-year marriage, Jen was reportedly heartbroken. But now, Brad's reaching out because he wants to clear the air and he wants her to meet his daughter," reveals a close source to Brad. It was the June 17th get-together with Brad's mom that may have opened the door, the insider adds. "He's tried before to meet with Jen, but she's said no. This time, she asked his mom, Jane, to come with her and Jane said she would. Jane loves Jen like a daughter and thinks this will be healing for both of them."
Jen's change of heart comes after a determined effort by Brad – but her new romance with British model Paul Sculfor, may also be what made her relent. "Brad has been trying to meet with Jennifer for months," says the source. "He's made several attempts since Shiloh 's birth, but she hasn't responded until now. I think she's over him and moved on."
The reason for Jen's new happiness is Brad-alike Paul who she recently moved in with. A source close to Sculfor tells Star, "Paul is looking for a date n August to fly his parents, Jean and George, out to L.A. to introduce them to Jen. That romance is growing stronger every day."
While reps for Jen and Brad claim there is no meeting with Shiloh in the works, sources close to Brad say that he plans to tell Angie that she's welcome to come along – but she isn't expected to show up. "She'd rather Brad not have any contact with Jennifer at all!" says the source. Most of the time, Angie gives Brad a cold look when he mentions Jen. There have been times when Angie has let loose a snippy comment like 'Jennifer is good at playing the martyr' or, 'she's out for publicity.'"
But nothing can keep proud papa Brad from introducing his little girl to his ex-wife. "He hopes," says the source, that having adorable Shiloh with him will make Jen melt."


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Millville High School's Tyler Loteck shot a 6-under-par 28 at Eastlyn Golf Course on Monday, but Atlantic City beat the Thunderbolts 155-161 in a Cape-Atlantic League match.
Atlantic City's Nick Di-Cioccio and Joseph Swatowski each had a 1-over-par 35. DiCioccio had two birdies and Swatowski one.
Loteck made four birdies for the Thunderbolts, and he eagled the 210-yard, par-4 fourth hole.
AC-Nick DiCioccio 35, Joseph Swatowski 35, Luke McGlynn 42, Mike Lange 43.
M-Tyler Loteck 28, Fred Smith 35, Abby Cossaboon 43, Karina Perez 55.
Birdies-DiCioccio (2), Swatowski AC. Loteck (4), Abby Cossaboone M.
Eagles-Loteck M.
Records-A.C. 4-13, Millville 0-18.
Cumberland Reigonal 171,
Highland Regional 174
Cumberland Regional coach John Earnest earned his 100th career victory.
At Valleybrook Country Club (par 36)
CR-Parker Smith 39, Mike Raczenbek 40, Scott DeLussa 45, Tyler Smith 47.
HR-Scott Greenwood 39, Tyler Krohn 43, Dan Julia 43, Steve Silvano 49.
Birdies-Raczenbek (2) CR; Krohn HR.
Records-Cumberland 12-8.


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The play will be performed in Florence Moore Theatre on the campus, at 50 Valparaiso Ave. in Atherton.
Menlo drama teacher Elizabeth Orr said that she wanted to do a Greek play this year "because we've never done one before and the Greek plays are the basis for our Western tradition of theater.
"I wanted to pay homage to that tradition and also show that something written over 2,000 years ago can be relevant to our experience today."
Menlo seniors Natalie Feldman as Antigone, Ryan Halprin as Creon the president, Faiz Abassi as his son Haemon (engaged to Antigone), and Jenny Jaffe as the blind profit Tiresias, lead the cast.
The cast also includes: juniors Hillary Clark as Ismene (Antigone's younger sister) and Alex Miller as Creon's wife, Eurydice; sophomores Brooke Jaffe and Matt Redmond; and freshmen Brian Cooper, Carly Cozad, Tucker King and Shannan Osaka.
"One of the most exciting things about the production is that a 2000 alum, Rahman Jamal McCreadie, composed original music for the show," said Ms. Orr. He and a small group of musicians will perform in the production.
Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, with a matinee at 2 o'clock on Sunday as well. Tickets at $5 for students and $8 for adults are available at the Menlo campus bookstore or at the door.
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(CNSNews.com) – Even while conceding that job losses are "horrendous" – 9.4 percent unemployment nationwide – a top Obama administration economic adviser said the $787-billion stimulus plan is working.
"The program is working," said Christina Romer, chairwoman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. "Millions of unemployed workers have seen an extra $25 a week in their unemployment insurance checks [and] 95 percent of American households saw a tax cut in their paychecks starting April 1."
Romer made her comments at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., on Thursday as skepticism continued to mount over the effectiveness of the stimulus plan and the president's approval rating continued to drop in most polls. A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday showed Obama at 50 percent.
"A key indicator of just how brutal this recession has been is the fact that in the first quarter of this year, we lost nearly 700,000 jobs per month," said Romer. "In the second quarter, we lost an average of 436,000 jobs per month. This rate of job loss is horrendous, but the change does suggest that we are on the right trajectory."
President Barack Obama and Democrats warned in February that unemployment could surpass eight percent if the stimulus bill was not passed. In early July, the unemployment rate reached 9.5 percent (now at 9.4 percent). President Obama thinks it will surpass 10 percent, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on Thursday.
"After we administered the medicine, an economy that was in free fall has stabilized substantially, and now looks as though it could begin to recover in the second half of the year," Romer said. "The timing and strength of this change is highly suggestive that the stimulus has been important."
Still, Romer said, "It is important to realize that job growth will almost certainly lag the turnaround in real GDP growth. The consensus forecast is for the employment statistics we get tomorrow to show that the U.S. economy continued to lose hundreds of thousands of jobs in July."
Romer scoffed at criticism that because the economy is not improving, it means the stimulus is not working.
"Throughout the spring, I frequently heard people say, 'The unemployment rate is even higher than you all predicted without the stimulus. That means the policy isn't working and may actually be making things worse,'" Romer said.
"Even leaving aside the fact that we were always very clear that there was tremendous uncertainty about what would happen to the economy, that argument is – to quote a recent New York Times editorial – just plain silly," she added.
"Suppose you go to your doctor for a strep throat and he or she prescribes an antibiotic. Sometime after you get the prescription, and maybe even after you take the first pill, your fever spikes," Romer said, trying to offer an analogy.
"Do you decide that the medicine is useless? Do you conclude the antibiotic caused the infection to get worse? Surely not. You probably conclude that the illness was more serious than you and the doctor thought and are very glad you saw the doctor and started taking the medicine when you did."
Romer said the money from the stimulus is being spent, about one-third on public projects. She said this has produced significant increased spending by state and local governments with 2,500 road projects underway.
However, since the passage of the bill in February, critics have pointed out that the bulk of the spending does not take place until next year.
"The first thing to say is that the money is absolutely going out the door quickly," Romer said. "As of the end of June, more than $100 billion had been spent. Those numbers are rising each week, and we are on track to have spent 70 percent of the total by the end of the next fiscal year."


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Last weekend we visited the Danish equivalent of Surfer's Paradise. In a town called Aalborg, there is one street, famous throughout Denmark, that has 50 clubs on it! It's amazing!
The clubs vary from head-banging rock-n-roll pubs, to hip-hop clubs, from chilled out bars to ranch themed pubs/restaurants – basically, there is a place designed for everyone! I recommend doing a crawl along the street, just to see what you can find! But again, don't expect things to start happening in the bars until about 1 or 2...but don't worry, you're still guaranteed a long night! 6am is early for the Danes!
We spent the next day wandering through a zoo as recovery time...a very funny way to chill out actually. We witnessed almost every animal in the act...most hilariously lions!
We even met the only REAL Danish witch. I'm not entirely sure what this means, but all the Danes are convinced she is a real witch – apparently she makes herbal remedies and lives in the forest – and she's known all over the country. I think the determination of the Danes in believing she's truly magical may be a result of too many nights out in that oh-so-famous street in Aalborg!?!
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So, we all know about the recently used file list found on the File menu / Office Button in the MS Office Suite programs.
It's automatically there and I know that I personally use it a lot. But what if someone else is going to use the computer and you don't want them to see the list… for whatever reason you may have.
The question that begs to be answered is actually a two-part:
1) Can I turn off the list altogether?
2) Can I clear it and start over?
The answer to both is yes – so let's get right to business.
We'll start with completely turning the feature off.
Accomplishing this task is as easy as it is to change the number of files for the list to contain.
We need to get to the program's options.
Older Office programs will use the Tools menu, Options choice.
In the Options dialog box go to the General tab and uncheck the option for Recently Used File list.
Click OK.
In Office 2007 it's up to the Office Button we go and then to the Options button for that particular program.
Once in the Option dialog box you need to go to Advanced Options, Display section.
You'll notice that there is not an obvious way to turn the feature off. Instead, you need to set the number of documents to zero.
Click OK.
No more recent files listed for you!
Now, let's turn our attention to simply clearing the list.
Basically, you'll do exactly what you did to turn the feature off.
This clears the list.
Once cleared, go back in and turn the list back on, setting the number of desired files as you see fit.
Exit the Options dialog box and you're back in business but with a fresh start!
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The city-owned Marolt Ranch complex is not offering transitional housing units to the homeless this year.
Marolt is a 95-unit dorm-style complex, which serves music school students during the summer months and offers housing to seasonal workers during the winter.
City officials partnered with the Aspen Valley Medical Foundation (AVMF) for the past two winter seasons to use vacant rooms at Marolt to house previously homeless local workers. AVMF leased the units and then rented them at discounted rates to homeless shelter clients, who were screened before offered the housing option.
Last year, the transitional housing program hosted six tenants in three units at Marolt. Since, two of those tenants moved out of the valley, two moved into their own apartments in the area and the others were still seeking housing, said Kris Marsh, president and CEO of the AVMF.
This year, program organizers decided not to continue with the program at Marolt, but they are currently searching for another viable housing option as an alternative, Marsh said.


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Can anyone confirm the correct machine screws to use to mount http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8912 to this bracket? I get that they should be M2, but what length to not interfere with the gears? (this would be a great thing to sell as a related product!)
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Subject: Re: [DNA] New Article::Evidence for an apartheid-like social structure in ear...
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:08:37 -0400
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> Exactly! And so might this study have the same or similar problems.
> Anne
Why should that necessarily be the case? Haven't there been strides in y-dna
research since earlier studies assumed every R1b in Britain was the
descendant of the indigenous Brythonic population?
It makes sense, after all, if the prevalent y-haplogroup in much of the old
Germanic homeland is R1b, and R1b is at least very well represented in the
rest of it, that most of the Germanic tribesmen were R1b.
If it truly is impossible to tell the difference between Brythonic R1b and
continental Germanic R1b, then maybe this issue will never be resolved. Then
we will have to rely on such clues as the fact that, except for some place
and river names, Celtic left the English language unaffected. If a
significant Brythonic-speaking substrate had remained in Anglo-Saxon
England, would that be the case?
I would like to read the actual study in question. That would certainly
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There was a story in the paper this week about some doctor who'd taken gas and air on the ward - I only read it because I was looking for the bit where the spokesperson from the General Medical Council said, "This is not a misdemeanour because Entonox doesn't actually do anything. We're not going to strike him off for this, any more than we would for shoving sugar pills up his arse."
I have got to the bit where you obsess about pain-relief options. I don't know why I call them options; in fact, there are no options and the process of childbirth goes like this: there is a beginning bit, which doesn't warrant hospitalisation at all - though, depending on your pain threshold, you might go in and be told to go home. Then there is a bit of varying length, during which the midwife goes, "Let's just see how you get along," and you (depending on your pain threshold, yik yak) say, "Yes, OK," or "I would like an epidural pretty soon." ("Well, let's see how you get along," they say again.)
Then there is a shorter bit of unbearable agony that does not depend on your pain threshold at all, since there is absolutely nobody with a threshold higher than this amount of pain, unless they are already dead. Now you go, "Right, I really do want an epidural," and without fail you will be told that it's too late. It is the oldest trick in the book. It happens to everyone except celebrities and/or the people who finagle themselves some pain relief by way of complications.
It is a giant great con, since the whole routine is designed to suggest (though never actually say) that there was a sweet spot, a point at which you were in enough pain to get the drugs, but not so much that it meant you were nearly finished. This sweet spot doesn't exist! The minute you launch into your most impassioned, desperate plea, that's the moment they know you're nearly done. And they must see it 20 times a day. It would be the easiest thing in the world for a midwife to say, "This is the last point at which we could viably give you a spinal block. Do you want to do that, or carry on?" But they will give you 150 reasons why that's a bad idea, such as, it would "Destroy a woman's confidence in her body", or "Slow everything down" (so?) or ... I haven't the zeal to list them, I am too hot.
I do not know whether this is cost-saving or the result of decades of hippy waffle about natural woman, or maybe a silent equilibrium has been reached between those two apparently opposing yet equally annoying motives.
So on the one hand, I am wondering how to get an epidural without being so alienating that they take away my gas and air. It's a head-scratcher . . . dilation is a bit like ballet; you can't fake it. And on the other hand, I am slightly suffused with hippy nonsense, because, in the end, if you don't have an epidural, you do get the upside of the overwhelming bliss ... you know, here's this perfect creature, which you earned, kind of, by nearly dying. It depends on my mood.
Last night, I was in crusading "don't patronise me, midwife-lady" humour, and I told two friends that I definitely wasn't going down the route of incredible pain again. My friends think I'm much more hard-boiled than I actually am. "Are you going to demand a c-section?" said P. "Don't do that. My stomach has a horrible ledge." J said, "Yes, but I've got a horrible ledge from a natural birth." And P said, "Mine is more like a severed ledge." It sounds like an epic poem. Or maybe a terrorist cell from the 70s. "No, no, I'm just going to go in and be incredibly clear that I want an epidural." Neither of them seemed really convinced by clarity, but what else have you got? Shouting? Everybody shouts in maternity wards. That's the whole point.
This morning, conversely, I woke up thinking that I couldn't be bothered fighting for drugs, least of all while I was trying to have a baby. I started thinking about hypnotherapy. I've given up smoking with it loads of times; it works brilliantly on me because I am so weak-minded.
You see, this is why obstetrics works the way it does. They take advantage of our woolly confusion. It must have been happening for centuries.


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Brussels (AFP) Nov 05, 2013
The European Commission issued new guidelines Tuesday which could end costly and controversial subsidies for renewable energy, opening the way for state-aid backing of gas or coal-fired electricity generation projects.
"The ultimate aim of the market is to deliver secure and affordable energy for our citizens and business," EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said.
"Public intervention must support these objectives. It needs to be cost-efficient and be adapted to changing circumstances.
"When the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing, electricity must still be produced," Oettinger's statement underlined.
To ensure back-up generating capacity, new power plants would be needed, and these could get state backing.
State intervention is potentially harmful to the working of the market and the new guidelines are meant to prevent that and show member nations what "best practice" is.
Accordingly, the Commission will now "consider whether to propose legal instruments" to ensure the new recommendations to member states' governments are upheld.
The guidelines meet a demand by some member states, including France, for extra capacity to be provided by "coal and gas power plants which are flexible enough to be turned on and off whenever needed".
The Commission said investment costs in renewables have come down and therefore government support can now be tapered off.
It warned that "governments must avoid unannounced or retro-active scheme changes" while the guidelines also stress that back-up capacity should meet European-wide needs, not only requirements in national markets.
However, Oettinger's office said state-aid for nuclear generation was not yet acceptable -- a key issue for many and especially Britain which has just announced its first nuclear plant for a generation to be built and financed by French and Chinese energy giants.
Big energy firms from a host of countries including GDF-Suez, Eni and E.ON and RWE, have urged that state-aid advantages be removed from removables such as solar and wind energy.
The European Union is committed to climate and energy targets that can deliver by 2020 a 20-percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions -- blamed for global warming -- with a 20-percent share for renewables in the EU energy mix.
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Specializing in Colombian dishes, Pueblito Viejo presents an authentic restaurant experience that's aesthetically pleasing and delightfully overwhelming. It submerges guests in Colombian culture with its extensive wall decor, culinary presentations, and live music. From the moment you walk through the doorway, you're surrounded by an eccentric interior design that pays homage to cultures native to Medellín. The entire space is an I-spy game of tropical foliage, indigenous animals, and creepy figurines of prominent Colombian musicians such as Shakira, Juanes, and Carlos Vives. If the vibe doesn't impress your out-of-town guests, the food definitely will. Popular items include arepa appetizers ($2.50 to $5.25), the "Pueblito Viejo en tabla" churrasco platter ($27), and refajo, a specialty drink made with beer and Colombian cola ($12.50 per pitcher). Try the whole fried red snapper (market price), which arrives propped vertically on a stick and served with lettuce, tomatoes, and fried green plantains. Stay late enough and you'll witness a band circling the tables while singing an improvised, satiric tune that will make you laugh while casually insulting you — if you can understand what they're saying.
Cocktails in these heady days are complex magic tricks, summoned from the ether by the showstoppers known as bartenders. But just as there's a difference between a Houdini and the clown at kiddie parties, there's a huge gulf in skill behind all the smoke and mirrors fluffing up craft cocktails around town. That's why the cocktails at Bar Centro are so satisfying. True, they're gorgeous, and there's a fair share of showmanship with liquid nitrogen and props. But the cleverest of cocktails has to be well rounded and delicious. Which is where José Andrés comes in. He's a master at making food that's both whimsical and delicious, and his chef-meets-Cirque du Soleil sensibilities translate to the cocktail menu. Here, a margarita ($16) is kissed by "salt air" (a bit of sea foam floating in the glass substitutes for a salt rim, giving you a more nuanced bit of salt in every sip); a dirty martini ($16) is graced with an olive spherification that bursts briny juice into your mouth when firmly pressed between your teeth; and a caipirinha ($16) is turned into a potent brain-freeze-inducing lime granita when mixed with liquid nitrogen. Each sip? Magical.
From the cash-only status to the friendly faces behind the bar, not all that much has changed at Duffy's Tavern in the past 25 years. Considering that this Red Road institution hits the trifecta of any great neighborhood bar — TV sets tuned to live sports, reasonable beer prices, and, of course, tasty food you can eat with your hands — that's one status quo we're thrilled to see maintained. Duffy's cranks out delicious renditions of all the usual suspects — chicken wings, burgers, and nachos — with some well-known specialties, like the Death Dog, a dangerously spicy frank whose ingredients remain top secret. Don't be too alarmed — wary folks can order the chili cheese dogs, which come packed and weigh a quarter-pound. Pints of beer start at $3 (with pitchers at just $10), and the mugs are always frosted. Duffy's might not be situated at the end of a rainbow, but the ceiling decorated in kitschy posters, the beer bottle chandelier, and the license plate collection on the bathroom walls make this place Celtic gold.
There are many terms for the person who crafts your cocktail: mixologist, bartender, barkeep. But it's best to just call Julio Cabrera a cantinero, the Cuban term for professional bartender. The word is romantic, conjuring up a sepia-toned image of a gentleman who prides himself on making the perfect drink for his guests at the Regent Cocktail Club. A man who believes that working a bar is a noble profession that requires the skills of historian, scientist, mathematician, chef, and psychologist all in one. Julio Cabrera is all of that and more. This cantinero, in the classic sense of the word, is a master of all trades. When he's not posing for GQ or winning awards such as Most Imaginative Bartender from Bombay Sapphire's national competition, he's conducting pilgrimages to El Floridita Bar in Havana, where another cantinero, Constantino Ribalaigua, made daiquiris for a writer named Ernest Hemingway. "Bartender," "cantinero," whatever you want to call him, the dapper Cabrera is the epitome of what a master of his craft should be: a man who elevates his field by paying tribute to those before him and serving as a mentor to those coming up.
Who says that a delicious, well-prepared breakfast need be reserved for Sunday brunch? At Deli Lane, the thick red plates are constantly full of fluffy eggs and perfectly browned Belgian waffles. If Leslie Knope ever left Pawnee, Indiana, for Miami, she would quickly forget about JJ's Diner after a meal at Deli Lane. Operating hours start bright and early at 7 a.m. every day. So you have plenty of time for a filling breakfast before work (or naptime). Tip: Try the power-up breakfast, which includes two eggs, potatoes, toast, two pancakes, and choice of ham, bacon, or sausage for $6.50. It's served Monday through Friday from 7 to 11 a.m. Other breakfast items are served all day long. But don't walk in asking for all the bacon and eggs they have, because they just might abide by that request.
Coral Gables is now a bona fide cool dining destination, and we have Bulla to partly thank for it. The name is pronounced boo-yah, which is Spanish slang for the ability to create a stir. Indeed, everyone is talking about the chic gastrobar's relaxed ambiance and unique take on popular Spanish dishes. Bulla's impressive brunch has also been the source of chatter, and you'll understand why after sampling the cojonudo y cojonuda ($8). It consists of warm toast crowned with quail egg, chorizo, and Spanish blood sausage purée. Like almost everything here, it's deployed with the utmost care and boasts a delicate taste. Meanwhile, classic small plates from the dinner menu such as the croquetas de jamón and the albóndigas (veal and pork meatballs) are available during brunch as well ($9). Got a sweet tooth? There's French toast whose brioche is infused with the Spanish liquor orujo and enhanced with vanilla berry syrup and white chocolate chantilly ($12).


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Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 includes a host of new features including live migration, clustered shared volumes, and rapid provisioning. Another one of these new features is its new maintenance mode, which is designed to ease the process of performing maintenance activities on the Hyper-V host.
Maintenance mode takes advantage of another new R2 feature, live migration. When using multiple Hyper-V hosts, live migration allows you to migrate a virtual machine from one host to another with no service interruption to the user. When you enter maintenance mode, the following things will happen:
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- Virtual machine creation is blocked at the host
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Since 1999, several bills advancing the gay agenda have passed the California legislature. Two of the most recent, AB 1785 and AB 1931, passed by one-vote margins and went into effect on Jan. 1, 2001. Together, the new laws:
"No one wants to see any child mistreated or harassed, even by other children," says Karen Holgate, director of policy for the Sacramento-based Capitol Resource Institute (CRI), "but the laws that were passed and the task force's new policy recommendations and strategies go far beyond just protecting children. They constitute a plan that includes teaching all California students what the state believes they should know about homosexuality, even if that is different from what parents want their children to know."
According to CRI, the task force's recommendations and strategies will:
The education department is expected to adopt the task force's recommendations, although those involving funding must be approved by the legislature. Attorney Brad Dacus, director of the Pacific Justice Institute, believes many of the recommendations will be implemented by Governor Gray Davis through executive order. "When implemented, these overreaching state mandates will virtually shut the coffin on the rights of parents with children in California public schools," Dacus said, "and we intend to challenge them."
As previously reported in Education Reporter, parents may opt their children out of the classes and activities described in this article. Forms are available on the CRI website at www.capitolresource.org or on the Pacific Justice Institute website at www.pacificjustice.org.


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Unfortunately there is a world of difference between pre-2001/09 build date cars and post 2001/09. The previous DIY's for programming were pre 2001/09 which meant they had direct access to the SA number, which the rest of the modules see as a change so they will reprogram accordingly. Post 2001/09 cars have a VO and you can't directly change the VO from what I've found, which makes all of this a little more challenging because the rest of the modules don't think a thing has changed without the VO changing.
Hopefully you will figure this out (so I don't have to
) since I just swapped a 5-speed into my '04.
Your wiring made perfect sense until I started doing the swap and found my donor car had two clutch pedal switches. Both 3-pin. 0 4-pin switches...
On your 4-pin switch does pin-2 get energized when the pedal is slightly depressed and pin-4 when pedal is completely depressed? Pin-2 to ECU disengages cruise control and pin-4 to EWS allows car to start?
Added info for those to follow:
While looking for the pins/connectors to plug wires into the EWS and ECU I found that BMW used the same parts on many connectors on the car. The ones I used were from the E36 rear reading lights!
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Pigs may have to fly before Chinese pork safe
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China's next manned space mission will carry capsules of pig sperm to see if intense radiation enhances the production of pork, a favourite of Chinese cuisine.
Earlier unmanned space missions have taken the seeds of lotus plants and vegetables into orbit, and these have produced extra-large produce when planted on their return.
It remains to be seen whether the two Chinese astronauts going into extended orbit on the Shenzou 6 vehicle in October come back with the seeds of a super porker or a monster.
"Exposed to micro-gravity, high levels of radiation and magnetic fields, the DNA of the sperm will genetically mutate," said Wang Jinyong of the Chongqing Academy of Animal Husbandry.
"There may be good and bad changes in the DNA our job is to keep the good changes and omit the bad so that we can improve the quality of the pig."
The news may not be so reassuring to urban consumers who, according to recent surveys, now list food safety as their main worry in life.
China has been hit by a series of food contamination scandals over the past two years as its population becomes increasingly urbanised and reliant on processed foods and fresh food sold at the end of a long supply chain.
Last year, dozens of babies were reported to have died of malnutrition in Anhui province after being fed fake milk formula. This year a leading Chinese dairy company was caught reprocessing out-of-date milk.
Patients in central Sichuan province and Hong Kong are still suffering from a pig fever from contaminated pork. In one case, traders dug up and sold the carcasses of condemned animals that had been culled and buried. So far, 39 people have died of the infection in Sichuan's Zizhong county.
"I don't eat pork now," said Beijing housewife Li Jinji, 30. "That goes for a lot of people."
Mrs Li said she avoided processed food where possible, and all genetically modified food. "The beef price has been soaring. We eat a lot of potatoes and cabbage my figure is becoming like a potato and my skin like a cabbage's."
A survey published this week by online group Edatapower found that food safety was the No.1 concern about potential emergencies ranked by residents of 10 major cities.
It came ahead of worries about pollution, traffic accidents, epidemics, power shortages, crime, earthquakes, chemical leaks and computer viruses.
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Mackay Memories -- Defense dominates NMSU as Pack gets win No. 500
Victory set up dramatic showdown with then-No. 3 Boise State in 2010.
Williams and Wooten Selected in 2013 NFL Draft
43 Nevada players have been drafted in NFL history
Rosette, Jefferson and Williams Highlight 2012 Nevada Football Awards
Team awards handed out at team banquet on Sunday
32 Wolf Pack Student-Athletes Set to Graduate This Winter
Nevada has seen 499 of its student-athletes graduate in the past eight years.
Pack Places a Dozen on All-MW Teams
Jefferson, Nady, Rosette and Wimberly land on the first team.
Khalid Wooten talks to the media
Khalid Wooten talks to the media at practice on September 4, 2012.
Khalid Wooten talks to the media
Khalid Wooten talks to the media at practice on November 14, 2011.
Khalid Wooten talks to the media
Khalid Wooten talks to the media on October 24, 2011.
Khalid Wooten talks to the media
Khalid Wooten talks to the media following the Pack's win over New Mexico.
Nevada vs. Fresno State
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Football vs. Texas Tech
Football vs. Texas Tech
2012: Returns to his starting position at one of the quarterback spots ... Is Nevada's top returner in terms of interceptions after picking four in 2011 ... Named to Preseason All-MW Third Team by College Football Madness ... Named to Preseason All-MW Second Team by the Phil Steele.
2011: Started all 13 games and was second on the team in interceptions with four ... Is Nevada's active leader in picks with eight ... Was fourth on the team in tackles with 73 ... Also forced two fumbles and recorded a TFL ... Set a career high in tackles with nine at Boise State ... Also broke up four passes to give him eight passes defended on the season ... Recorded 251 yards on 11 kick returns.
2010: Played all 14 games as a key member of the secondary and a strong performer on special teams ... Was credited with 16 tackles on the year and also forced a fumble against Idaho ... Entered the Nevada record books with one of the longest interception returns in history -- a 90-yard "pick-six" against New Mexico State ... Grabbed another interception late in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl game that sealed Nevada's win over Boston College.
2009: Played 12 games with no starts ... Recorded 15 tackles on the year, including career-best four stops against Fresno State ... Recorded first career interception with a touchdown-saving play at San Jose State ... Second pick came in very next game as he intercepted Fresno?State just before halftime in another Pack victory ... Fourteen of his 15 tackles were solo tackles ... Notched first career tackle for loss (3 yards) in the bowl game against SMU.
2008: Redshirted his first season at Nevada.
High School
A graduate of Carter High School in Rialto, Calif. ... Played safety and quarterback in high school and was a four-year letterman ... Rushed for more than 700 yards and seven touchdowns and threw for nearly, 1,200 yards as a senior ... Was Citrus Belt League MVP in 2007 and a two-time first-team All-League selection in 2006 and 2007 ... Was second-team All-League as a sophomore and Honorable Mention as a freshman ... Guided team to city championship in 2006 and 2007 ... Also lettered in track and volleyball.
Born Khalid Bilal Wooten on Feb. 19, 1990 in San Bernardino, Calif. ... Son of Michael Wooten and Pamela and Michael Ellics ... Has a younger sister, Zhane Jones, and two younger brothers, Imad Wooten and Michael Ellics Jr. ... Was also recruited by UTEP ... Chose Nevada because of the opportunities available ... Enjoys playing pool and bowling in his free time.
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After clicking on the Geology Tour button you will see the following page:
The 3-D image collection has been divided into six categories, represented by the six postcards labeled Atmospheres, Volcanos, Exploration, Craters, Faults, and Rivers. To browse the 3-D image collection for a particular category, you may click anywhere within that category's postcard.
The 3-D button in the lower-lefthand corner provides easy access to the 3-D Tour of the Solar System home page.
If you click on Volcanos, you will see the following page:
A brief introduction to Volcanos on the Planets is followed by a list of the various subcategories available for this section. You may click on a subcategory title to go directly to that part of the 3-D image collection, or you may manually scroll through the entire Volcanos section using the scrollbar found along the righthand side of your browser window.
The Home and Geology Tour buttons provide a shortcut to these popular menu pages. Your browser's Back button may also be used to return to these menu pages, but may require many clicks.
Clicking on the Stratovolcanos subcategory title will take you to the following page:
For each 3-D image in the subcategory, the following is provided: a small thumbnail image, the site name, the general location, the planet or object name, and a brief listing of features that can be seen in the image. To get a better view of the 3-D image and more detailed information about the area, you may click on either the small image or the underlined site name.
If you click on Mount Fuji, the following page will appear:
The Description portion of this page provides history and feature information about the 3-D image and the surrounding area. Highlighted underlined text in this section provides links to other related 3-D images in the collection. You may view these related 3-D images by clicking on the highlighted underlined text. A scrollbar is provided if the 3-D image or description information will not fit into your page.
The Data Sheet section may be accessed by clicking on the highlighted words "DATA SHEET" or by manually scrolling down using the scrollbar along the righthand side of the Description section. Either of these actions will display the following page:
The Data Sheet section provides detailed image location, source, and acquisition information and is located immediately below the Description section. A definition for each of the Data Sheet entries is included in the Glossary and may be accessed via the Glossary button described later. NOTE: Some Data Sheets may be longer than others depending on the availability of information.
Clicking on the highlighted word "Top" at the top of the Data Sheet will take you back to the top of the Description section.
Several other navigation and information aids are available:
The P button provides a shortcut to the Planet Tour page.
The G button provides a shortcut to the Geology Tour page.
The highlighted word "Earth" provides a shortcut back to the main Earth page.
A square white marker on the global reference map gives the approximate location of the 3-D image. The marker is for general location reference only and is not intended to represent the image coverage. For image coverage information see the Regional View. (Note: For some planets and objects, only a partial global reference map is available because of the lack of complete global image coverage by missions at this time.)
A compass with a red North arrow shows the approximate geographic North orientation for the 3-D image.
The Home button takes you to the 3-D Tour of the Solar System home page.
The Glossary button takes you to the Glossary page. The Glossary contains an alphabetical list of definitions of terms used in the Description, Data Sheet and Features of Interest sections. Alphabetic shortcuts are provided at the top of the page to allow you to quickly locate terms and their definitions. Use your browser's Back button to leave the Glossary and return to the 3-D image page. (This may take several clicks depending on how much browsing you have done in the Glossary.) The Glossary also contains shortcut buttons for returning you to the 3-D Tour of the Solar System, Planet Tour, and Geology Tour pages.
The Description button will display the Description and Data Sheet page described earlier.
The Features of Interest button will display the following page:
The Features of Interest page provides location and descriptive information about the various geologic and geographic features in the 3-D image. Feature locations are highlighted on the 3-D image by colored lines and text. Descriptions of the colored features may be found under the heading of the same color in the Features of Interest text on the lefthand side of the page. NOTE: Although some features and headings are colored blue they do not serve as links. Highlighted underlined text in this section provides links to other related 3-D images in the collection. You may view these related 3-D images by clicking on the highlighted underlined text. A scrollbar is provided if the 3-D image or description information will not fit into your page. NOTE: Not all images have a Features of Interest section. If this is the case for an image you are viewing, the Features of Interest button will be grayed out.
Clicking on the Regional View button will display the following page:
The Regional View page shows the location of the 3-D image with respect to surrounding large-scale geographic features. NOTE: A Regional View is not available for all images. If this is the case for an image you are viewing, the Regional View button will be grayed out.
The Full-Sized View button will display the following page:
The Full-Sized View page allows you to view the 3-D image at full resolution. In most cases the Full-Sized View will be larger than the page and you will need to use the vertical and/or horizontal scrollbars, located along the right-hand and/or bottom edges of your page, to view the entire 3-D image. There are a few instances where the Full-Sized View will be smaller than the view presented in the Description and Features of Interest pages. This is normal for small images and is due to the fact that the small image is automatically enlarged to fill the image section of the Description and Features of Interest pages. In these instances the Full-Sized View accurately represents the full resolution view of the 3-D image.
Some 3-D images are easier to view than others. If you are having difficulty viewing a particular image in 3-D try varying your viewing distance by moving closer to or farther from your computer screen. For some 3-D images it is useful to try to focus your eyes beyond the image rather than directly on the screen. This technique is particularly useful for viewing images of landscapes.
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Of FunMansions and Cheesecake Factories
Well, this is it, my last post on this blog.
My first post was on December 1, 2006. My twins were less than two months old at the time, and I was operating on no sleep, so I don't remember posting it at all and don't have any idea why I would have been posting in the first place. David Gaffen was off overseeing renovations on one of his sprawling estates, most likely.
The title of that post was "Of FunMansions and Cheesecake Factories," and I'd like to think that neatly sums up what it's been like to work with this blog on and off over the years: a big Fun Mansion that manufactures cheesecake, and Hindenburg Omens.
David Gaffen was the archetypal MarketBeat blogger, the golden sun god against which all other MarketBeat bloggers must be measured. But Matt Phillips and Dave Kansas, along with Jonathan Cheng and Tom Lauricella and a legion of diligent reporters from around the sprawling Dow Jones empire, and heroic editors like Emma Moody and Stephen Grocer, have managed to keep this thing thriving.
Despite my months-long campaign to single-handedly destroy this blog's credibility and chase away all of its traffic — particularly white dudes (of which I technically am one), Hungarians and Slovakians — I think I have managed to deliver to Steve Russolillo a blog that still has a beating heart and a core of kind, intelligent, physically attractive readers who do not tolerate any sort of pandering, that's just how awesome they are.
Steve is already proving himself to be a natural at this, so you may need to brace yourselves for a sudden, disorienting improvement in quality.
I'm moving on to what you might call a competitor, so I will be naturally inclined to think of this blog only with a smoldering, destructive anger from this day forward.
But I will also be, to steal the words of H.I. McDunnough, taking pride in its accomplishments, as if they were my own, wondering if it ever thought of us, and hoping that maybe we'd broadened its horizons a little, even if it couldn't remember just how they got broadened.


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Mainers Combat Hunger this MLK Day
Folks across the country will be serving their communities this weekend in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. For Maine volunteer Diane, who is organizing a food drive in her area, pitching in this weekend is an important part of giving back to her community.
"Poverty is so often hidden, and to think that one in four children in Maine are food insecure, it's really hard to hear—I tear up thinking about it," Diane explains. "And if children don't have adequate nutrition they won't be able to benefit from their education, and it just spirals. After the holidays, our local food pantries are really low on supplies, and this will help them get through the winter."
Diane started her annual canned goods drive with volunteers she met in 2008—and it just keeps growing.
"It began four years ago when President Obama made a call to service, asking us to step up. I had the pleasure of working with a volunteer named Mary on Barack Obama's 2008 campaign—we went down to Pennsylvania together—and she had the idea of this food drive focusing on another part of our county. So I said I would do it on our end, and I set it up out of my house! It was quite a successful drive—I was really pleased.
"This year, our library is set up and ready to receive donations. I made a large quilt that we put on display right at the checkout desk to help feature the drive. There seems to be a lot of excitement this year, so I'm optimistic.
"It's really important that the MLK holiday be more than just a day off. We live in a small town, but we know that what we do here makes a real difference."
Get out there this weekend—find an MLK service event near you.


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The secret to making your home fabulous
Living in Australia one of the main topics of conversation seems to be housing. Where do you live? Are you renovating? Are you looking for a new home?
People browse real estate sites as much as they do Facebook and blogs.
We all seem to be longing for something more, something better.
Often having a fabulous home is possible right where you are. Here are two ways to help you make your home the place you want to be rather than the place you want to flee.
They both involve pretending you are moving.
Pretend you are moving and declutter as much as possible
As time passes, we accumulate so much stuff just by living in our homes. While we may take stabs at decluttering along the way, there is plenty of stuff that falls into the middle ground – not obvious clutter, but not being used and loved either.
If you've lived in more than one home in your life then you know what happens when you decide it's time to move. As you pack you start throwing things away. Most of us finally decide to toss that old TV or the ratty sofa we stuck in the garage because it was too much trouble to move it.
Action steps: Before you abandon your current house only to repeat the pattern elsewhere, let's pretend you are moving next month.
Walk through your whole home room by room (including garage and any storage spaces / sheds). Ask yourself this question: "Would I pay someone to move this item to my new home?"
If the answer is no, get rid of it. Sell it or donate it to charity or give it to a friend.
If you know it would not be a part of that new fabulous space you are heading to then don't let it clutter up your existing home. Watch as you let go of all this clutter and your home suddenly feels larger, you can find things easily, you have white space to calm your family and you can enjoy your things that you would pay to move.
Pretend you are moving and get your home working well for you
Whenever you move house there is another key aspect of the process: you are either readying the house for sale or getting ready for a rental inspection. In either case what happens? We scramble around fixing little jobs and cleaning everything from walls to windows. If selling, we often stage the place by removing excess stuff from the space (see above), putting our stuff away where it belongs (no one wants to see that big pile of mess laying out on your dining table) and adding sweet little touches that brighten the place up.
Most people do all this, see their place in all its glory and suddenly feel regret for not living like that in the first place. The home that was driving them crazy now works well and looks great.
Don't do it for someone else to enjoy, do it now for you and your family.
Action steps: Walk through your home room by room and make a list of all the things you would need to fix up in order to be ready for your first open house or inspection. What would you have to do to get the sale or get your deposit back in full?
If a potential buyer would not accept the creaky door or handle-less cabinet door, don't you accept it either.
Most jobs can be done quickly and cheaply, you just need to be motivated and organised.
Take your list and start prioritising it. Group jobs together that are alike – anything that needs hammering or the drill, what needs a deep clean, what needs to be replaced and warrants a trip to the shops? Tackle cheap or free jobs first if money is tight. Order parts. Ask friends for help if you lack certain skills (you'd be amazed how far a pizza and drinks "home DIY party" can get you). Know what you are working towards and how you want to live and try to make it happen where you are.


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Friday Cat Blogging
Although her brother Henry has recetly been caught rogering my daughter's stuffed animals, Emma is by far the more unhinged of the two. She has always devoted some part of her nights to carrying around fake mice and other cat toys, but in recent months — as our home's canine-feline hostilities have escalated — she's turned the crazy amp to 11. All but forbidden from the master bedroom, Emma has apparently decided to barricade her caretakers and their two dogs behind a wall of socks, washcloths, hand towels, diapers, computer cords, mittens, hats and garbage, all of which she drags into the hallway during the middle of the night to prop against our door. Most animal behaviorists would probably claim that she's overcompensating for lost attention, or that old age has started turning her brain to fruit loops, but I'm convinced that she's genuinely trying to entomb us.


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(Identify the item), Construction records, Design and Construction Section, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (MHMR) was established in 1965 to conserve the mental health of Texas citizens. MHMR provides a broad range of services to the mentally impaired citizens through the operation of eight mental hospitals, the Waco Center for Youth, thirteen state schools, five state centers, and one rehabilitation and recreation center. The policymaking body of the department is a nine-member board appointed by the governor with concurrence of the senate. The board appoints a commissioner to administer the agency. The Design and Construction Section is responsible for the physical plants of the various schools and hospitals. The Section is part of the Central Office, directed by the commissioner and the executive staff.
Types of records include construction estimates, bid proposals, building specifications, correspondence, blueprints, supply catalogs, project cost report forms, and inspection reports. Records consist of the construction files retained by the Design and Construction Section of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (MHMR) from maintenance, renovation, and construction projects of the state hospitals and schools under its care. These records date from 1966 to 1973. The physical facilities are located across the state from Big Spring to Rusk and Amarillo to Austin. Types of construction work represented in these files range from construction of new buildings and installation of air conditioning systems to reroofing, painting, boiler repair, and demolition of buildings. The records are very detailed revealing costs, quantity and types of materials used, contract figures, change orders, unpaid claims, and weekly inspection reports of projects by MHMR staff.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
These records are arranged by project, under the name of the physical facility. Projects for a particular facility will be found in different boxes.
Paul Beck, May 1993
Accession number: 1993/157
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation on May 3, 1993.


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