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Victory and title for the R8 LMS in Belgium Belcar: For Anthony Kumpen and Greg Franchi third place at the wheel of the W-Racing team's Audi R8 LMS was sufficient to clinch the Belcar series championship at the season finale at Zolder. For the...
Victory and title for the R8 LMS in Belgium
Belcar: For Anthony Kumpen and Greg Franchi third place at the wheel of the W-Racing team's Audi R8 LMS was sufficient to clinch the Belcar series championship at the season finale at Zolder. For the sixth race of the season they were supported by Swiss driver Marcel Fassler who took pole position in qualifying. Furthermore, the Audi R8 LMS celebrated its second consecutive title victory in Belgium. Victory in the wet and rainy ten-hour race which was plagued with extremely difficult track conditions went to the Belgians Francois Verbist and Bert Longin also from the W-Racing team.
Team NovaDriver Total achieve the double
GT3 Portugal: João Figueiredo and Cesar Campanico in their Audi R8 LMS are the 2010 season Portuguese GT3 Champions. At the sixth and final race weekend in Portimão they crowned their season with a fabulous double victory. For the Audi R8 LMS it is already the seventh championship title since the project began. The two drivers representing team NovaDriver were also able to win the 2010 Spanish GT Championship and are therefore the most successful team in an Audi R8 LMS this season.
Frank Biela wins 24h race for slot cars
RCCO: For the second time in succession Frank Biela has won the 24-hour race for slot cars around the Nurburgring-Sudschleife. The five-time Le Mans winner piloted an Audi R8 LMS together with two journalists and the Boss of Slotracing-Werk to a dominant victory. In addition to the Drivers' Championship Audi also won the Manufacturers' Championship in the rallye racing Carrera Cup 2010 (RCCO).
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In the Macau GT Cup this coming weekend a total of four Audi R8 LMS compete. The United Autosports team enters two, NovaDriver Total and the KK Performance team one each … Countdown to the DTM race at Shanghai on November 28: The airfreight is delivered in Frankfurt/Hahn on Saturday. After transport for hazardous goods was dispatched previously, the race cars and the teams' main equipment and material is on the way to China since Saturday.
Coming up next week
November 19-21: GT race Macau (MAC)
November 19-21: Australian GT Championship Sandown (AUS)
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TOP STORY >> Water-rate increase bigger than expected
Leader staff writer
Jacksonville Water Department rates will jump 51 percent during the next five years if the city council approves it on April 16.
If passed, the increase could take place the next day, Shada Roberts, an engineer with Garver Engineers, told the Jacksonville Rotary Club on Monday in explaining the rate hikes.
Garver Engineers and HDR Engineering of Bellevue, Wash., consultants for Jacksonville Water Works, are recommending a 13 percent increase in 2009, with another 13 percent increase in 2010 as well as in 2011.
Rates in 2012 would increase another 8 percent and then 4 percent more in 2013. Rates will be reviewed again in 2014.
Thats about a 50 percent increase over the next five years, and I know that is a pretty good hike, but that will equal $24 million, which is half of what we need for improvements, said Mike Simpson, manager of Jacksonville Water Works, following the meeting.
These are tentative numbers, but are the closest that we know, Simpson said. We dont want people to say that they didnt know once it is approved. This is how it is going all across the country it is costing more and more to produce a gallon of clean water. But it is still a great deal $2.50 will buy you a thousand gallons of water, but only one gallon of gas.
The increase would be the same for all customer classes inside and outside Jacksonville city limits, wholesale, retail, both commercial and residential meters.
For typical household usage an average of 6,000 gallons per month the increase the first year would be an estimated $4 per month.
Simpson emphasized that the Jacksonville Water Commission has not voted on the recommended rate increase. That will happen at a special meeting next week.
Existing reserves and the rate increase will provide half of the $48 million needed for system improvements to meet water demand to the year 2050. Between now and 2011, half of that amount is needed to build transmission lines, a meter station and mains to increase the flow of water from CAW sources.
A possible change in the rate structure would give a break to low-use customers, many of them on a limited income.
With the new rate structure, water would get more expensive, the more that is used which is the reverse of how rates are now structured. At last weeks water commission meeting, members favored that idea, a growing national trend to encourage conservation.
People need to realize that as they use more water, the rate will go up, Simpson said. The 20,000- to 50,000-gallon (per month) users will be paying quite a bit more.
The rate change has been triggered by two things. The price of water that Jacksonville purchases from Central Arkansas Water went up 1 percent in January, and the utility needs its customers to bear that cost.
Secondly, the increase is based on the findings of a rate study that occurs every five years as part of an update to the Jacksonville Water Works master plan. Conducted by Garver Engineers, the master plan assesses water needs, water sources and system improvements to the year 2050.
We have been paying for a rate increase without being covered, said Simpson.
The rate study, which cost $80,000 and is being done by Shawn Koorn of HDR Engineering, has brought the true long-range costs of producing water into focus. Considered were current and projected demand, debt-service obligations, revenues, capital improvements, operating and replacement costs, and the price for water purchased from Central Arkansas Water.
The rest of the $48 million needed for improvements will likely come from a combination of bonds and low- or no-interest loans. Federal stimulus money is also a possible source. Options are being explored now, Simpson said.
Jacksonville currently depends on CAW to meet half of its water demand, which averages 4.9 million gallons per day. The rest of the water comes from well fields located southeast of Jacksonville. By 2050, demand is projected to climb to 12 million gallons per day.
By 2017, all the wells are expected to be below what can be used, Roberts said.
Also figured into the rate increase is Jacksonvilles share in construction costs for the Lonoke White County water project.
Last week, the water commissioners voted to go forward with a contract to purchase 1.2 million gallons of water per day from Greers Ferry Lake. The water may not be needed for years, but commissioners favored having an alternate water supply in case of a breakdown with the CAW system.
Not being totally dependent on CAW is a good thing, agreed Rotary member Ben Rice.
In the event of a terrorist attack on the I-430 bridge, we need a good alternate source of water in the event of that happening, Rice said. Also, another water source is good for business lets you pick and choose from whom to buy water.
Jacksonville customers share of Lonoke White construction costs are built into the proposed rate hike. For the first two years, it would be $2.50 per meter per month. After that, it would be $5 per meter per month for an estimated 20 years.
All of that will pay for a 24-inch transmission line to bring water from Greers Ferry Lake to a distribution point located between Ward and Cabot, as well as a treatment plant.
The project, which will be working in four years, looks like a strong candidate for federal stimulus funds.
It is one of the big projects in the state that would qualify for the stimulus money, Simpson said. When the coins start rolling down hill, we want to be in their path.


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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0489 Monday, 3 December 2012
Date: Monday, December 3, 2012
Subject: Searching SHAKSPER Archive
It has been suggested to me privately that it would be useful if I were to provide or remind subscribers of methods for using the SEARCH function at the SHAKSPER web site: shaksper.net .
Below are written instructions and attached is a pdf file of the instructions with illustrations of what is discussed.
Using the SHAKPER.net) Archive functions:
For a simple search, go to the search box to the right side of any page on the site, enter search terms, click go, and scroll through results, selecting the one you are looking for.
Another technique is to bring the cursor over Archive to get the drop down menu.
If you are looking from something from a particular date, you can move down to the year and click to bring up the months of that year.
Clicking on the month provides a complete list of all postings during that month.
Browse through lists to find article you are looking for.
You get the most flexibility by going to the home page drop down menu for Archive and selecting "Search Archive": http://shaksper.net/archive/search. (You can also get this search box by clicking on "Advanced Search" on the right side of all pages on the site.)
From this click on "Advanced Search" to find these instructions:
Here are a few examples of how you can use the search feature:
- Entering this and that into the search form will return results containing both "this" and "that".
- Entering this not that into the search form will return results containing "this" and not "that".
- Entering this or that into the search form will return results containing either "this" or "that".
- Entering "this and that" (with quotes) into the search form will return results containing the exact phrase "this and that".
If you would further like to search by month, select the month from the drop down menu under "Search by Category", where you can also limit by "SHAKSPER Book Reviews", "SHAKPER Roundtable Discussion", and so on.
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It is commonly said of Chekhov plays that they are dramas about furniture: people sitting in furniture, people standing in front of furniture, and, during scene changes, people moving furniture. Critics are quick to assert that the lack of physical action in Chekhov makes for boring characters and boring theater.
Alex Lippard's, BR '97, production of Uncle Vanya, going up this weekend in the Silliman Dramatic Attic, aims to rectify all that. With often masterly direction, Lippard puts the comedy back into Chekhov; at the same time he coaxes some remarkable performances from his actors and makes the emotional action of the piece far more exciting than the furniture. Yet despite Lippard and company's noble efforts, the production finally comes off as something less than the sum of its parts.
Much of the show's inability to satisfy comes from the script itself, a relentless romance of hopelessness. Every character is unhappy, and every character gets his chance to tell us so. They also tell each other-crying, kissing, and shooting-to call attention to their plights. Each one of them resists personal growth like the plague, and they all pretty much succeed. Chekhov crafts a play in which no one makes a true emotional journey; everyone ends precisely where he or she started. This inherent self-destruction is precisely what makes Uncle Vanya the intruiging classic that it is.
But Lippard strives gallantly to portray the redemption that common misery gives these people, and in this aim he is backed by an extraordinary, if sundry, cast. In the title role, Michael Bakkensen, BR '96, is an effectively tormented soul on a country estate, facing middle age with the realization that his life has been wasted on making others happy while his dreams slipped away.
He is surrounded by friends and family who all come to the same realization, and no one deals with it well. Even the one character who has actually fulfilled his dreams finds that they bring him nothing but bankruptcy and old age. All these actors are good; Michael Bell, TD '97, is especially good at matching Bakkensen's intense despair as the doctor who never parts from either the estate or the bottle.
Yet, maddeningly, each individual actor loses something in the group scenes. The chemistry between them is less than nonexistent, it's palpably negative. What luck, then, to have Elisabeth Waterston, DC '99, at the center of the play. More than an artist, Waterston is a magician, effortlessly bringing out the best in her fellow actors. No one is quite as good as when they are sharing the stage with her; she is enchanting.
She plays Yelena Andreyevna, whose entrance to the country estate begins the action of the piece and whose departure ends it. Her beauty and quiet intensity make the men of the house fall in love and the women grow too envious to be productive. And just as her character casts a spell over the estate, Waterston casts a spell over the production. Portraying a young, emotional woman married to an old, unfeeling man, Waterston wrenchingly walks a fine line; Yelena must surpress her every feeling while showing that she does, indeed, feel.
Waterston succeeds in this by keeping herself physically unyielding. She is stiff and guarded at all times, constantly clutching her body as if she is afraid her emotions might actually spill out. Her performance leaves no doubt as to whom Chekhov envisioned as the focal point of the show.
In fact, Lippard has even more going for himself here than Waterston and a fine cast. His directorial craftsmanship reaches its apex in his ability to bring the humor back to Uncle Vanya. Audiences have long scoffed at Chekhov's own insistence that Vanya is a comedy, but Lippard takes him on his word. Sometimes the jokes are sorely out of place; the slapstick episodes are distracting and inappropriate. More often, however, Lippard opts for a humane sort of humor, one born out of the characters themselves. When he sticks to this type of comedy, Lippard adds some moments to the play that are more than funny; they are genuinely moving. The show's real punch comes from Lippard's insistence on starkness for the production. The characters are emotionally raw, the stage is unpainted and very nearly empty. Of course, this is Chekhov, so there is there requisite furniture (a table, a couch, and assorted chairs), but other than these few objects, the stage is commanded entirely by the actors. The lights, by Stephen Kincaid, are similarly plain, and while the costumes are period, they are not showy.
Ultimately, the cast cannot fully overcome their two major obstacles: the oppresive, motionless weight of the material, and their lack of group chemistry. Still, they pull off a very noble Vanya effort. Despite these flaws, innovative comic touches and subtly rewarding performances make this production worthwhile.
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A "pill identifier" app that costs just $0.99 in the App Store is helping cops in certain jurisdictions determine the nature and legality of certain pills, easing up a long-time issue for law enforcement officers in the field when determining how best to handle unidentified tablets.
A pill identifier is a handy tool for police who are challenged each day with making decisions after they are confronted with an ever-growing range of pharmaceuticals floating around the market and in the pockets of arrestees — many of which they had yet to encounter in the wild.
And at a buck a pop, the pill identifier app is cost effective for departments to use to equip personnel — at least those who own or use smartphones.
While law enforcement used to come across pills that took time to identify in the course of their work, the pill identifier app cross-checks a database spanning a vast number of tablets — allowing cops to quickly determine what the nature of a find may be.
Berea, Kentucky Sgt. Jake Reed explains that the pill identifier app has shaved crucial time off police work with its quick functionality in locating a drug's characteristics:
"It's really helpful when we're out on a traffic stop or [you're] out somewhere on a call and you need to identify a pill … (We) used to have to call poison control or you'd have to come to where you'd have a computer to be able to look it up, but now it's kind of instantaneous. It makes the work ten times easier."
"I don't think I've come across one that I haven't been able to find, yet."
While the pill identifier will set you back 100 pennies, there are also free versions of the program to download if you don't want to invest a whole dollar.


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MRA Florida Chapter Social/Networking Event!
MRA Florida Chapter
Thursday, September 5, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
Event Details
The Marketing Research Association's Florida Chapter invites you to attend a complimentary social/networking event in the Tampa Bay area.
Both MRA and non-MRA members are welcome!
Two special guests will be in attendance - National MRA Board Member, and Florida Chapter Member, Elizabeth Merrick will be attending to take your questions and talk about MRA news, and Kathy Jacobs-Houk, Florida Chapter Member and past Chapter President will be presented the Volunteer of the Year award. Please come to meet Elizabeth and congratulate Kathy on her award and dedicated service.
Thursday, September 5th from 6pm – 8pm
Bar Louie at International Plaza Mall and Bay Street*
2223 N. Westshore Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33607
Appetizers and 2 Happy Hour drink tickets will be provided per registered attendee (Happy Hour ends at 7pm).
Space is limited! Please reserve your place by Friday, August 30th.
The Florida Chapter Board of Directors looks forward to seeing you there!
*Bar Louie is located in the Bay Street section of International Plaza Mall near the Cheesecake Factory and Capital Grille.
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Thursday, September 5, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
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Jonah Hill Apologizes for Homophobic Slur: "I Should Have Said F*ck You"
Jonah Hill has publicly apologized for using a homophobic slur towards a paparazzi photographer. The 22 Jump Street star took responsibility for his actions on The Howard Stern Show this morning.
The Oscar-nominated actor was caught on video by TMZ yelling "Suck my dick, you faggot!" after being pursued by a photographer recently.
"What I said in that moment was a disgusting and hurtful term," Hill told Howard. "I shouldn't have said that. I should have said either nothing, or f*ck you. I'm happy to take heat for using this disgusting word. What I won't allow is for anyone to think, especially with all the work that I've done and all the loved ones I have, that I would be against anyone for their sexuality."
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PARSIPPANY, N.J., November 12, 2013 - Avis Car Rental has integrated Avis Preferred®, the Company's express rental service, with Google Wallet - making Avis the first car rental company to participate in this new application for mobile devices. The Google Wallet app, available for Android and iPhone devices, allows users to save all their loyalty program information and offers in one place, as well as easily send money to anyone in the United States.
Starting today, travelers can easily enroll in Avis Preferred via the Google Wallet mobile app and have their new Avis Wizard number automatically populated in the app. Existing Avis Preferred members can save their Wizard number in the app as well. Storing this information will allow Google Wallet users to receive offers for Avis rentals directly via the Google Wallet app and easily retrieve their Wizard number when needed.
"Like Avis Preferred, Google Wallet saves people valuable time and provides them with added convenience," said Jeannine Haas, chief marketing officer, North America, Avis Budget Group. "This offering enables us to market our products and services to customers through a dynamic, emerging channel and thereby help to generate incremental bookings."
Participation in Google Wallet builds upon Avis' track record of innovation in the car rental industry. In 2012, Avis became the first company to have mobile applications on all four major platforms - Android, BlackBerry, iPhone and Microsoft Windows Phone. In 2011, Avis became the first provider to offer personalized reservations using TripIt's open technology platform, and in 2007, the Company unveiled the industry's first online booking tool for Internet-enabled portable devices through an optimized version of Avis.com
For more information or to download the Google Wallet app, visit the Google Play Store or the Apple iPhone App Store.
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News Release
For Immediate Release
June 24, 2013
Matthew G. Mavrogeorge, Assistant Attorney General
(603) 271-0202
Attorney General Joseph A. Foster announces that the New Hampshire Board of Pharmacy ("Board") issued an Order of Emergency Suspension of the pharmacy technician privileges of Jessica Duda, age 34, of Hudson, New Hampshire, effective June 20, 2013. The Order means that Ms. Duda cannot work as a pharmacy technician in New Hampshire during the period her privileges are suspended.
The Board acted after receiving notification that Ms. Duda's employment had been terminated on June 12, 2013, because she acknowledged stealing tablets of a controlled substance from her pharmacy employer on multiple occasions. Ms. Duda was arrested by Londonderry Police on June 12, 2013, and charged with two felonies and two class-A misdemeanors for her alleged theft, possession of, and her intent to distribute the controlled substance tablets.
A public hearing before the Board is currently scheduled for 8:00 a.m. on July 3, 2013, for the purpose of determining whether Ms. Duda's privileges will remain suspended during the course of the on-going investigation.
A link to the Board's Order of Emergency Suspension and Notice of Hearing is below. It may also be obtained from the New Hampshire Board of Pharmacy, 57 Regional Drive, Concord, New Hampshire, (603) 271-2350.
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I understand the security feature of this argument, but couldn't this
be a simple checkbox & reboot feature:
* Enable shell on console (requires reboot)
Which could be turned _off_ by default?
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>> As would the ability to log out of the console and have it wait for a
>> login - it doesn't appear secure when it is constantly
>> sitting there on a logged in account.
> if someone has physical access to your Firewall console you are pretty
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> a simple console login is *SO* easy to defeat that it just not funny
> (if you have physical access)
> Personally i think that the fact you ONLY have the m0n0 menu on the
> console, no tty, no shell etc makes it MORE secure


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Vermont History Expo Touts Town Histories
06/24/10 12:50PM By Steve Zind
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After taking last year off, the expo returns to the Tunbridge Fairgrounds this weekend. It's an opportunity for local historical societies to tout their town's contributions to life in Vermont.
This year features everything from Barre's celebration of the traditional Italian picnic, complete with homemade wine, to the Chester Historical Society's presentation on Revolutionary war veteran Dr. Nathan Smith who helped found four prestigious medical schools.
And East Middlebury will celebrate the history of the toy piano. For decades most of the toy pianos sold in this country were made in Vermont.


text: Cowboys are looking into trade possibilities for Hambrick With Julius Jones slated to be No. 1 back, veteran is expendable 11:28 PM CDT on Thursday, April 29, 2004 By JEAN-JACQUES TAYLOR / The Dallas Morning News IRVING – The Cowboys want to trade Troy Hambrick, who failed in his bid to succeed Emmitt Smith as the club's featured running back, his agent said Thursday. The Cowboys have had trade discussions with three teams, including Oakland, about acquiring Hambrick. The Raiders signed Steelers free agent Amos Zereoue on Thursday. "I think that's something they're trying to look at," said Jordan Woy, Hambrick's Dallas-based agent. "I've talked to coach [Bill] Parcells, and we're still not sure exactly what's going to happen. Would he like to stay with the Dallas Cowboys? Yes. But if he's not going to be given a real opportunity to compete, it's in his best interests to play somewhere else." Hambrick, a restricted free agent, has not signed the $628,000 contract that the Cowboys have tendered him. He is the club's only restricted free agent not under contract. Club spokesman Rich Dalrymple declined to comment, citing the team's policy about commenting on potential trades. Hambrick led the Cowboys with 972 yards and five touchdowns last season, but averaged only 3.5 yards per carry. He had only three runs longer than 20 yards. Still, he had three 100-yard games, including a 189-yard performance in a December win over Washington, the third highest total in franchise history. But Hambrick will turn 28 in November, and the Cowboys would be looking for a younger, more versatile backup for Julius Jones. Besides, Parcells wants his backup running backs to be contributors on special teams. Hambrick was a good special teams player early in his Dallas career, but he wasn't as effective in 2002 and he didn't play special teams in 2003 because of his duties at tailback. Getting in shape: Coach Bill Parcells has told owner Jerry Jones that he won't have a problem with Pro Bowl guard Larry Allen as long as the 10-year veteran is in shape at the veterans minicamp in June. Allen is the only member of the team not participating in the club's voluntary off-season training program. "This is a unique situation and that's the overriding factor," said Jones. "Bill has told me that if Larry shows up in shape, 'the slate is clean with him.' "There's a respect between both men, and if Larry plays well this season then it will be a moot point." A club source said a potential trade with Detroit that would have netted a third-round pick fell through on draft day because Allen declined to restructure his contract. Allen, said the source, preferred to play in Dallas if he couldn't play in Oakland. The Raiders selected tackle Robert Gallery with the second pick in the NFL draft and added center Jake Grove in the second round, essentially ending Allen's quest to play there. Interest waning: Jerry Jones said he doesn't think quarterback Kerry Collins will play for Dallas this season. Jones said the club has explored its options and – at this time – wants to keep its current set of quarterbacks. "Quincy [Carter] is doing great," Jones said. "He's stronger than he was last year and he's throwing well. He knows he's going to have competition, and that's going to make him a better player


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Yahoo! taps students in Berkeley
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US internet powerhouse Yahoo! is mining college brain power for technology innovations by setting up a university research laboratory, the company has announced.
The company hopes its lab at the University of California, Berkeley, will provide fertile ground for invention and spawn next-generation technology for Yahoo!, company vice-president Usama Fayyad said on Friday.
Students and faculty will work with Yahoo! researchers to create technology and software that takes confusion and turbulence out of surfing the internet, according to Mr Fayyad.
"We all know the internet is touching everybody's lives, but we also know it is a big mess right now," he said.
"Who to trust. What to trust. Where to go. What to share. Where to hang out. Where to avoid. Those notions need to be mapped to a very abstract world."
The venture between the California based portal and the well-known US university was the first of its kind, Mr Fayyad said.
"We are inviting all the brains in academia to find ways to contribute to Yahoo," he said.
Professor Marc Davis of the university's School of Information Management directs lab operations and has already hired half of the 20 employees expected to staff the lab, a short stroll from the college campus.
The alliance began a month ago and the operation is expected to be running at full steam within a year.
"We anticipate an array of breakthroughs," Mr Davis said. "We are talking about a global-scale approach that makes the personal-scale more manageable."
The expansion of Yahoo!'s year-old research lab in Berkeley to accommodate an alliance with academia signals a "whole new direction" of Yahoo! forming partnerships with "bright students and faculties" at colleges known for emphasising sciences linked to the internet, Mr Fayyad said.
"It is really exciting, because there are few opportunities for students to see their work deployed in the real world," said Ryan Shaw, a student working at the lab. "We can learn a lot from them and they can learn a lot from us."
The alliance lets students and academics do social and software research "on the scale of the internet," Mr Davis said.
Yahoo! and the university had worked out rules regarding intellectual property rights of creations, Mr Fayyad said.
The lab would be supported from Yahoo!'s research and development budget, which was $US119 million ($A158.77 million) in the first quarter of 2005, company officials said.
The collaboration comes as Yahoo! battles for user loyalty with rivals such as Google, America Online, and Microsoft's MSN.
Prior to the alliance with students in Berkeley, Yahoo! researchers worked predominantly in Pasadena and the company headquarters in the Silicon Valley city of Sunnyvale, according to Mr Fayyad.
San Jose microchip maker Intel also has a lab near the Berkeley university to harness the inventiveness of a new generation.
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White House Announces Treasury Nominees
Supreme Court Accepts Credit Card Case
Craig Herrold to Serve as CSBS SERT Chairman
July 11, 2003
The House Judiciary Committee passed regulatory relief legislation by
voice vote on July 9. The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act (H.R.
1375) was passed by the House Financial Services Committee on May 20.
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), would
streamline regulatory compliance to counterbalance additional
requirements placed on banks by the USA Patriot Act. Some of the
provisions in the bill would allow regulators to adjust the exam
schedule of healthy institutions, modernize regulators' recordkeeping
requirements, give banks more flexibility in paying dividends and
streamline the merger application process.
The bill also includes a CSBS-supported provision to allow states
hosting a branch of an out-of-state bank to examine the branch but not
charge fees for the examination.
The White House announced on Wednesday that it will nominate Susan C.
Schwab as Treasury Deputy Secretary and Kenneth H. M. Leet as Treasury
Under Secretary for Domestic Finance. Leet will replace Peter Fisher,
who submitted his resignation to President Bush on July 9 and will leave
in October. Treasury Secretary John W. Snow praised Fisher's
performance, saying his expertise in financial markets had been
invaluable in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and in the
management of the nation's debt during shifting economic times.
Leet is the managing director of the Investment Banking Division at
the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Earlier in his career Leet was a principal
at Odyssey Partners and served as a lending officer at Manufacturers
Hanover Trust. He has a bachelor's degree from Brown University and
M.B.A from Harvard Graduate School of Business.
Schwab will replace Kenneth Dam who left in February. Schwab is dean at
the school of public affairs at the University of Maryland. Previously,
she served as the director of corporate business development at Motorola
Inc. and as an assistant secretary at the Commerce Department. Schwab
has a bachelor's degree from Williams College, a master's degree from
Stanford University and a Ph.D. in from George Washington
More information about the nominees may be found in Treasury's press release.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a credit card case during its
fall term. The case, Pfennig vs. Household Credit Services, Inc.,
involved a lawsuit brought by a credit card customer who alleged that a
fee for providing credit over her credit card's limit was not properly
disclosed as a finance charge under the Truth in Lending Act. The
Federal Reserve's Regulation Z excludes fees for exceeding a credit
limit from the definition of finance charge, and a lower court had
dismissed the lawsuit. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th
Circuit ruled that the over-limit fee "falls squarely within the
statutory definition of a finance charge" and therefore was not open to
interpretation by the Federal Reserve. The court said that the bank
knowingly allowed its customer to exceed her credit limit and charged a
fee, which was "by definition a finance charge." However, the 6th
Circuit said the bank was entitled to immunity from civil liability
because it had followed Regulation Z. For more information, click here.
California: A new state law in California aimed at curbing identity
theft went into effect on July 1. The law requires companies that
maintain electronic databases and do business in the state to alert
customers whenever "unencrypted personal information was or is
reasonably believed to have been acquired by an unauthorized person."
The law gives California consumers broader power to sue for failure to
provide such alerts.
Georgia: Georgia Commissioner of Banking and Finance David G. Sorrell
announced three staff appointments this week, as follows: George A.
Reynolds, Senior Deputy Commissioner; Grace Lurry, Deputy Commissioner
for Supervision; and Robert M. Braswell, Deputy Commissioner for
Washington: The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions
will hold public meetings during July at eight locations in Washington
to inform owners and operators of businesses commonly known as "money
transmitters" and "currency exchangers" about a new law taking effect
later this year. The Uniform Money Services Act requires all companies
offering money transmitter or currency exchange services to be licensed
and examined by the DFI. The meetings are being conducted by DFI to
allow a public review of rules drafted by the agency to implement the
new law. Meetings will be held in Tumwater, Seattle, Yakima, Pasco,
Spokane, Wenatchee, Mount Vernon, and Tacoma.
Correction: In last week's CSBS Examiner, we reported on the recent CSBS
reaccredidation of the Pennsylvania Department of Banking. A William
Schenck III is Pennsylvania's Secretary of Banking, not William S.
Schenck, as stated in the article. We apologize for this mistake.
CSBS named a new State Examiner Review Team (SERT) chair. Craig Herrold,
Director of Examination, Supervision & Enforcement with the
Pennsylvania Department of Banking, was appointed chair by CSBS
Technology Committee Chairman David G. Sorrell, Georgia Commissioner of
Banking and Finance. As SERT chair, Herrold will represent the state
banking departments on an interagency Applied Technology Group. He has
been with the Pennsylvania Department for 12 years, and currently serves
as Director of Examination, Supervision and Enforcement. The outgoing
chair, Harold Carney with the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance,
served in this capacity for four years and has agreed to remain an
active member of the SERT group.
FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Thursday
issued its quarterly Letter to Stakeholders, a report on the agency's
priorities and activities for the second quarter of 2003. FDIC Chairman
Don Powell noted that the agency has focused on stability of the
industry and the insurance funds, sound policy positions and stewardship
of the Corporation. "We also remain hopeful that by year-end, deposit
insurance reform legislation will be a reality," he said. To view the
letter, click here.
FDIC: FDIC announced on Thursday that it has published a Korean
version of its Money Smart financial education curriculum. Since the
program was introduced in July 2001, more than 100,000 people have
completed the course. FDIC introduced a Spanish version of the program
in 2002 and a Chinese version in March 2003. The agency plans to offer a
Vietnamese version later this year. More info...
FRB: The Federal Reserve announced last week that is has
published a Spanish version of two consumer brochures. They are the:
"Consumer Handbook on Adjustable Rate Mortgages" and "What You Should
Know about Home Equity Lines of Credit." Both publications are available
on the agency's Web site. For more information, click here.
FTC: The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint on Wednesday
against Electronic Financial Group, Inc. in Waco, Texas, and its
principals for providing assistance to fraudulent telemarketers seeking
to drain funds from consumers' checking accounts. FTC alleged that the
company processed transactions through the automated clearing house
network for numerous fraudulent telemarketers and engaged in deceptive
marketing of its own advance-fee debit cards -- the First Freedom
Financial card and the AmeriOne card. FTC noted that the National
Automated Clearing House Association's operating rules prohibit the
processing of ACH transactions on behalf of merchants engaged in
outbound telemarketing to consumers when the merchants have no existing
relationship with the customers. FTC also charged the company with
deceptively marketing a debit card as a credit card and charging
consumers an advance fee of between $80 and $100 as well as a $9.95
monthly service charge. More
FTC: On July 3, the Federal Trade Commission shut down a
fraudulent business opportunity involving mini automated teller
machines. FTC alleged that Merchant Payment Solutions and its principal,
Steven Todd Knight, deceptively marketed and sold mini-ATM business
opportunities to consumers through a Web site and toll-free number
starting in late 2001. FTC said the company claimed that consumers could
earn up to $450 a month by placing a mini-ATM in a location that 500
people per month would visit. Instead, consumers lost significant sums
of money in this venture. The proposed settlement calls for the company
to pay more than $22,000 in consumer redress. For more information, click here.
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The Women in Housing and Finance Regulatory Task Force holds a brown bag
lunch to discuss the role of payday lending in today's financial
services industry. Speakers include Helen Howell, Washington State
Director of Financial Institutions; Steven Fritts, FDIC Associate
Director for Risk Management Policy; and William M. Webster IV, Chairman
and CEO, Advance America. - 12 noon, OFHEO, Marianne Wright
Conference Room, 1700 G Street NW.
July 15
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Role of Commercial Affiliation. - 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., National
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Greenspan's semiannual monetary policy report to Congress. - 10 a.m.,
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CSBS holds its annual strategic planning meeting. - Hotel
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a.m., 538 Dirksen Building.
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The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance
and Government Sponsored Enterprises will hold a hearing on H.R. 2575,
the Secondary Mortgage Market Enterprises Regulatory Improvement
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"Massachusetts has proven its ability to protect investors as
demonstrated by the $16 million that our Securities Division has
returned to them. We would hope that the federal government would not
prevent that effort. State regulators are the early radar in the
regulatory system. Given recent abuses, now is not the time to diminish
enforcement." - Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Deterrence and Investor Restitution Act of 2003 (H.R. 2179) that would
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How many times you usually wipe
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ugh this is a GROSS site plz people lol
It really depends on why I've eaten. If I eat out or eat crappy junk food I wipe five or more times. If I eat meat or nothing but veggies I end up with a single wiper.
I found Jesus! He was behind the sofa the whole time!
Usually I have to wipe around 20-25 times.
I don't really know why.
*Sigh of relief*
Wow, I'm glad im not the only one to get boxers for Christmas. For some reason, I gotta wipe about ten times and use about 25% of the roll. Otherwise I'll get skid marks, especialy after excercise. (Anyone else have that problem?) If its a liquidy poo, it uses bout 90-130% of the roll (requireing 2+ rolls) as we see here
"KOC -- the Cool Crapper" - Rat Droppings
I clicked on the four to five option, but in three or four more months, I'll be adding the bidet to my wiping routine when I move into my new house with my Ultimate Bathroom. I can't see myself eliminating wiping, however.
Pulling My Pants Down For Peace, Plop and Posterity!
KeepOnCrappin. Working with the numbers you've given us, you sometimes wipe up to 50 times, doing in a roll and a third of paper. So many questions to ask. Are you waiting until you're finished to wipe, or are you trying to clean-as-you-go? I don't think I'd have an asshole left if I wiped that many times in a sitting. How do you hold up down there? When you go shopping, how many rolls do you buy at a time?
Ass blaster I ain't got $80 im a teacher, remember?
Logjam I'm just estamateing. (Know I spelled that wrong) Hell, I had about five mins., so like in that Simpsons episode I estamated 5 rolls of TP instead of three. But I do ocassonaly wipe 50 times (I can remember about 3 times I did)Ya wonder where it all comes from, but we saw it happen in Camp Chalupa
"KOC -- the Cool Crapper" - Rat Droppings
Also I usually clog the toilet (From using too big a wad of TP, thats why it would take 2+ rolls)
I keep a plunger near all my toilets, but I do enjoy taking huge dumps in porta-crappers becuase I can't clog them up.
"KOC -- the Cool Crapper" - Rat Droppings
Yeah, my wads of tp are HUGE...i'm weird. I hate clogging the toilet.... and don't let me get in a hotel...if they don't have power flush, then basically i'm screwed.
Checking with a plumber friend of mine, the modern toilet is only designed to flush 5 handsful of paper at a time. Thus, those of you/us who may need to wipe more than that, need to flush more than once. Remember, it is a long way to McDonald's.
Goodness, how I miss my friend Kevin! He would go through a roll of Charmin every time he shat (or so he said). He lived in a house with a septic tank, and they wound up having to have the tank cleaned about once a year because he filled it up with shit and paper. Poor Kevin--had an accident with his shotgun last year and killed himself. The planet is a lot lighter and cleaner, but there are those of us who miss him.
When available, I use a bidet, but if it doesn't have a dryer you still need to wipe. 4 or 5 is the answer, and who the hell can do it just once??
Happy trails,
L. Wrong
Chairman & CEO, PPK Industries
Happy trails,
L. Wrong
Chairman & CEO, PPK Industries
I selected 2-3. I'm pretty ritualistic in my wiping: pull off about 12 squares, fold in the middle twice, wipe, fold, wipe, fold, wipe. If I'm not clean by then, I either do it all again or just leave it for the chonies.
4-5 for me....the day after a taco hell 2am run however...double....
Asphincter says WHAT...(!)
Asphincter says WHAT...(!)
Wendy's uses an entire roll. Nasty, nasty stuff!
I found Jesus! He was behind the sofa the whole time!
depends on how big a shit it can be up 2 2 rolls becouse i take so much and have a very shity arse 1 is a bout 2 come out ill tell u later how much keep the crap comn
Normally 4-5 for me to clean up after the daily post breakfast dump.
Wiper - I can`t see that hosing out your ring with the bidet (unless you had scary pressure) would really help to clean it out properly.
Log blogger - you need a shrink.
The voice of sanity
well, assuming that one wipe means one handful of TP, i'd have to say 2-3 times, depending on the type of poo. i wipe at least twice always--once for the poop hole and once for the pee hole--but sometimes i have to wipe a couple times in each area to get it all.
i love poop.
i love poop.
I wipe at least 4 or 5 times, sometimes more. I really wish I could be one of these wipeless poopers I hear about occasionally (apart from the higher forum users) so I wouldn't be clogging up Raleigh's tunnels with huge wads of paper.
Um, yeah. My sig. So, about that... I'm not doing one this week.
[Insert witty banter here]
i have wipeless poops sometimes, but you still have to wipe in order to find out that you didn't have to wipe! so it's not really all it's cracked up to be.
i love poop.
i love poop.
"All it's cracked up to be."
LOL, Ms. Pance!!
Send all your money to Bilgepump, or to Dave!
ha! i didn't even do that on purpose.
i love poop.
i love poop.
Two or three usually does the trick. I am usually blessed with a wipeless shit once or twice a week.
Jammin' lo'flo's since 1977.
"Two percent of the population think; three percent of the population think they think, and 95 percent of the population would rather die than think."
It's so good to know I'm not the only freak with obsessively wipes too much. But geez, who wants to go around all day thinking they have skid marks? It's just unsanitary and leaves one feeling dirty all day.
I'm assuming the poll writer meant after a poo...they were not specific, though, and I had to pause. Because the amount gets cut in half at least if it's pee.
By the way, question-guys don't wipe after they pee, right? So how do you keep from dribbling?
poop poop eee doop!
poop poop eee doop!
Well, Betty Poop, let me answer your last question with a little rhyme:
No matter how you shake and dance,
the last drop always ends up in your pants!
It takes quite a few wipes for me. Most of my poops lately end up being either clean or a Million Wiper.
Damnit, someone stole my signature!
[Insert witty banter here]
really, DF? isn't that annoying?
poop poop eee doop!
poop poop eee doop!
Well, since I've always been a guy, I guess I'm used to it. It doesn't bother me at all. It's just something we accept and generally overlook.
Damnit, someone stole my signature!
[Insert witty banter here]
Three times. Attention spam too short for more. And I must hum my favorite clean up song, "Wipeout".
"Vini, Vidi, Vomiti" (we came, we saw, we got sick on the plane")
As many as it takes. Could be 2. Could be 14.
"...And I must hum my favorite clean up song..."
Damn it, Lousy. Now I have the ACTUAL "Clean Up Song" stuck in my head!
"Clean up, clean up, everyBODY, everyWHERE!
Clean up, clean up, everybody DOO your share!"
very interesting, DF. thank you for the insight. :)
poop poop eee doop!
poop poop eee doop!
Did you guys know that if you wipe really a lot, then your asshole starts to hurt. Then, your asshole hurts so much that you can't fart anymore so then you smell really really bad.
I fold 4 sheets into 1 square, then wipe. I inspect, then fold the square in half, then wipe again. Depending upon how much brown is on the rewipe, I take 3 or 4 more sheets, fold into 1 square, then wipe. If very little is left on the paper, I fold it again, dab some salve on it, and do my final wipe with that; 4 wipes in all. If more is left, I get a third set of sheets, 3 this time, fold into 1, and wipe. Then I refold, put on the salve, and do the final wipe; 6 wipes in all. Basically 4 or 6; seldom any more, very rarely any less.
I generally do as my postal friend above with one exception. In my continuing effort at being "green", if the paper comes clean on the last wipe, I will recycle it by putting it back on the roll.
Similar to PD, I recycle as well, but have a hell of a time getting the edges to match up, so I don't try to put clean squares back on the roll, I just stuff them in the Kleenex box.
"One of the founding members of the Front Page Hyena Pack, and runs as its alpha male when the urge strikes him, which is often." Daphne (one perceptive chick)
Recycle? *shudder* my mom used to tell me to use both sides of the sheet (singular).
It's no wonder I have OCD.
Did I just fart?.... Oh shit! NO!!
I hope to god I've just sat in a Shepard's pie.
Double Flush said above that guys generally accept a wet patch in their underpants after pissing, but I just don't believe you can get used to it so much that you don't feel it at all. For example my 16 yo brother, who is really clean in every other way, and wipes for minutes after every poo, usually has long pee stains on his boxers because he doesn't do anything with the last drops. He says that his classmates never shake it off in the urinal and he don't want to be laughed. They are in soaked underpants in the coldest winter too, I think their dicks almost freeze into their crotches. So if there are some guys here who don't shake well/at all, please tell me: don't you find the wetness annoying?
Jenny, for god's sake, don't pay attention to anything that furry suit wearing freak has to say (Double Flush) He certainly doesn't speak for me, and I'll warrant he doesn't speak for the majority of the male members of Poopreport.
The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough.
"One of the founding members of the Front Page Hyena Pack, and runs as its alpha male when the urge strikes him, which is often." Daphne (one perceptive chick)
Dear and honourable Bilgepump! Don't harm poor Double Flush, please, at least he shake it well as you can see above, he just have a small spot even this way. If you red my previous comment soundly, you would know that I wrote about my younger brother and his high school classmates, who made him give up shaking his willy after urinating. Double Flush just said the same what my kid brother answered when I once finally asked him about his usual half-dried, heavily stained boxers, which was covered by yellow zones from the fly to the legs. He said that boys just get used to bear this, it usually doesn't bother him, and his friends have the same stains. (He's right, I could see the patches even on their PE shorts when they played basketball). Otherwise, Bilgepump, I never say it's common for men, I asked only guys who (sometimes) don't dry themselves in the urinal, or anybody who know similar men, or any boys who were teased by other guys because they wipe or shake etc.
No matter how you shake and dance,
the last two drops go in your pants.
Jenny, for god's sake, never refer to me as either "Dear" or "honourable". I am neither.
The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough.
"One of the founding members of the Front Page Hyena Pack, and runs as its alpha male when the urge strikes him, which is often." Daphne (one perceptive chick)


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Eigenvalues of Generalised Matrix
Dear Users,
The eigenvalues of a generalised matrix: A.x=lamda B.x
are found from (Inverse[B].B).x=lamda x. However,
my matrix B is singular. Anyone any ideas as to
how I may find the eigenvalues in this case?
Also, my actual B matrix is of the form:
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I don't know what else to tell you. LOL
I don't know how else you want me to explain what I am saying. If your questions were more clear and asked me directly what data you want I might have been able to help you fully understand. But how do you expect me to do that, how else do you expect me to explain its softer, do I have to tell you in numbers, it's just the feedback I have and obviously other users even on this board has with these springs. If you think they are expensive and you want to try them, sell the Hipercos and buy Swifts, if you dont like the Swifts sell them and buy brand new Hiperco's, if you dont want to go through the troubles then keep what you have. If your happy with them that's all that matters.
I'm not a Swift salesman. I'm not trying to pitch these springs to you. Nor do I even have to put up long threads like I did, which I am starting to realize why I shouldn't have in the first place. It's just a headache.
Look you don't have to use them if you don't want to. I didn't say one bad thing about Hiperco. This is all just unbiased information that I have come across with experience.
I don't post often because I lurk. When I see something in which I might be able to give my 2cents then I do, obviously I dont have much to say. My car isnt really a racecar anyway. I like looking at cool pictures of BMW's and see how I might be able to make mine a bit nicer.
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Colored Swimming Pool (Louisville, KY)
Start Year : 1924
End Year : 1955
The city swimming pools in Louisville, KY, were off limits to African Americans until the Colored Swimming Pool was constructed at 17th and Magazine Streets in 1924. This was probably the first public/city swimming pool in Kentucky that was specifically for African Americans. The Colored Swimming Pool and the playground, located on the west side of Louisville, are credited to the community leadership effort of William H. Sheppard. The pool was manged by Kenneth Bower as early as 1926 [source: Caron's Directory of the City of Louisville, Ky. for 1926, p.483], and the following year William H. Sheppard died. In his honor, the playground and pool were named the William Sheppard Park. For more than 25 years the pool continued to be designated in the city directory as the Colored Swimming Pool. From 1929-1930, Benjamin Gill was manager of the pool [source: Caron's Louisville City Directory for 1929, p.497; and 1930, p.493]. Julius Dickerson was the manager in 1931 [p.467]. In 1939, the pool was listed as being located on the corner of 16th Street [source: Caron's Louisville (Kentucky) City Directory, 1939, p.383]. The listing for 1949 was "Sheppard Park Colored Swimming Pool" on p.484 of Caron's Louisville (Jefferson County, KY.) City Directory. The Louisville city parks, including the pools, were desegregated in 1955. In the 1956 city directory, the word "colored" was dropped and the listing read "Sheppard Park Swimming Pool" [p.1022]. For more on the desegregation of Louisville city parks and pools see Freedom on the Border by C. Fosl and T. E. K'Meyer; and The Substance of Things Hoped for, the Evidence of Things Not Seen (thesis) by R. M. Lee.
Subjects: Swimmers, Swimming, Swimming Facilities
Geographic Region: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Davis, Samuel
Birth Year : 1895
Death Year : 1920
Twenty-five year old Samuel Davis drowned while attempting to save 16 year old Estelle Garnand and her friend, Mary Etta Martin, from the "sunk holes" in the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River, July 12, 1920. He was able to save Martin, but both Davis and Garnand drowned. Davis was a coal miner from Aflex, KY. He was African American, and Garnand and Martin were white. Davis was awarded a Carnegie bronze medal [posthumously], and his wife received a pension of $50 per month and an additional $5 for their daughter, all from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Davis was one of 23 persons to be recognized by the commission in 1921 and one of two to receive a bronze medal. For more see the 1922 Negro Year Book, by M. N. Work; "Samuel Davis," The Crisis, vol. 22, issue 2 (June 1921), p. 87 [available online at Google Book Search]; "Carnegie medals to 23 for heroism," The New York Times, 04/30/1921, p. 16; Samuel Davis at the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission website; and "Miss Estelle Garnand" on page 3 of The Kingsport Times, 07/20/1920.
Subjects: Miners, Mines, & Steel Mills, Swimmers, Swimming, Swimming Facilities
Geographic Region: Aflex, Pike County, Kentucky
Frazer, Patterson Tilford, Jr.
Birth Year : 1889
Death Year : 1947
Frazer was born in Allensville, KY, the son of Henry and Sarah Frazer, according to the 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Patterson Frazer came to Hopkinsville, KY, at the age of 12 to attend Hopkinsville Male and Female College, according to authors W. T. Turner and D. K. Stone. His uncle, P.T. Frazer, Sr. was principal of the school. Patterson Frazer would continue his education at Meharry Medical College where he earned his M.D. He opened a medical practice in Cadiz, KY, and would leave the practice to serve in the U.S. Army during WWI. He was a lieutenant in the Colored M.R.C. (Medical Reserve Corp). At the end of his military service, Frazer opened a medical practice in Hopkinsville, KY. He would remain in the city for the remainder of his life. He is remembered for his successful medical career, and for Frazer's Natatorium. A natatorium is a swimming pool in its own building. It was a rare thing to have such a facility for African Americans in the 1930s. For more see "P. T. Frazer, Jr. M.D." in Hopkinsville by W. T. Turner and D. K. Stone; and The Meharry News, vol 14, issue 3, p.7 [available online .pdf].
Subjects: Medical Field, Health Care, Military & Veterans, Swimmers, Swimming, Swimming Facilities
Geographic Region: Allensville, Todd County, Kentucky / Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky / Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky
Pendleton, Clarence M., Jr.
Birth Year : 1930
Death Year : 1988
Born in Louisville, KY, and raised in Washington, D.C., Pendleton was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as the first African American chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1981-1988). Pendleton replaced Arthur S. Flemming, who was dismissed by President Reagan. Pendleton had been the director of the San Diego Urban League and was later an opponent of school busing and affirmative action. He changed his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican in 1980. Over the next eight years he lived part time in Washington, D.C. and part time in San Diego, where he died suddenly in 1988. His father had been the first swimming coach at Howard University, where Pendleton received his B.S. and his Master's degree in education. He later took over as the swimming coach at Howard, and the team won 10 championships in 11 years. For more see Current Biography (1984); and J. McQuiston, "Clarence M. Pendleton, 57, dies, Head of Civil Rights Commission," The New York Times, 06/06/1988, p. A1.
Subjects: Activists, Civil Rights, Athletes, Athletics, Education and Educators, Migration North, Politicians, Politics, Appointments & Elections, Appointments by U.S. Presidents/Services for U.S. Presidents, Urban Leagues, Swimmers, Swimming, Swimming Facilities
Geographic Region: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky / Washington, D.C.
Stitch, Rudell
Birth Year : 1933
Death Year : 1960
Rudell Stitch, a welterweight boxer from Louisville, is one of a few persons to receive two Carnegie Hero Fund Medals. Stitch received the first medal for saving Joseph Schifcar from drowning in the Ohio River (Louisville) on September 15, 1958. Almost two years later, Stitch attempted to save his friend and fishing buddy, boxer Charles Oliver, who had fallen into the Ohio River; both Stitch and Oliver drowned June 5, 1960. Rudell Stitch was the son of Lena Mae Henderson Stitch and Charles Rudell Stitch. He was the husband of Rosa Huguley Stitch (1932-1964, born in Alabama). The couple had six children. Rudell Stitch was a champion boxer: in 1960, prior to his death, Stitch had been ranked the No. 2 welterweight contender by Ring Magazine. His record was 27 wins, 7 losses. Some of his fights had been televised nationally. Stitch was a respected boxer who was often referred to as "classy" in the more than 2,000 U.S. newspaper articles about his individual bouts, career and death. Later in 1960, the National Boxing Association established the Rudell Stitch Sportsmanship Award; the first award was presented to his family the following year. Rudell Stitch was also an elder at Hope Presbyterian Church in Louisville, under Rev. C. E. Allen. For more see "Stitch gets hero honors," The Times Recorder, 05/09/1959, p. 11; "Act of heroism claims top-rated boxer's life," Bakersfield Californian, 06/06/1960, p. 32; "Rudell Stitch Sportsmanship Award," Presbyterian Life, vol. 13 (1960), p. 24; the column, "A Century of Heroes," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/27/2004, p. A2; and B. Crawford, "Boxer made the greatest sacrifice of all," Courier-Journal (Louisville), 11/25/2005, p. B1.
See photo image of Rudell Stitch at boxrec.com.
Subjects: Boxers, Boxing, Swimmers, Swimming, Swimming Facilities
Geographic Region: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky


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Cattle deaths have been mounting in the central U.S. as the recent heat wave has pushed heat indices above 120 degrees in a number of states. Faced with dry pastures, rapidly depleting hay supplies and drought stressed surface water sources, ranchers in Texas are engaging in a significant livestock sell-off, referred to in one press account as culling into "the heart of the herd." The size of the U.S. herd is now at a record low as farmers liquidate, enticed by high beef prices and expensive feed. The situation is dire enough that the government has stepped in with low interest loans to ranchers and direct payments for farmers that lost animals due to the extreme weather. Under the Livestock Indemnity Program, cattle lost to extreme weather are reimbursed by the government at 75 percent of their value, a significant expenditure when cattle losses are counted in the thousands. Texans are already looking for ways to adapt to the drought and improve their climate resilience. Henderson County is hosting a training session on August 22 entitled "Managing the Effects of Drought for Beef Producers."
Food & Climate Risks: Potential Consequences of Disruptions in Agricultural Productivity
Last week the British Government published a report on The Future of Food and Farming in which the role of a changing climate is appropriately highlighted as a major impediment to maintaining consistent and predictable food supplies for the world's growing population. The timing of this report is excellent; food prices have been rising recently (see chart) and have caused significant hardship for some of the most globally vulnerable populations. These vulnerable populations live in some of the most politically unstable regions, and continued food inflation could exacerbate existing social and economic issues with potentially unpredictable consequences.
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Unfortunately as the global climate changes and agricultural productivity shifts, these sort of price rises in basic foods are likely to become more commonplace for the economically sensitive populations in these politically unstable regions – like Southeast Asia, Northern Africa, and the Middle East. This is not to imply that recent increases in food prices were caused by climate change; it is not possible to attribute a single event such as this latest spike in food prices to the long-term trends we expect to experience from our changing climate. It is, however, instructive to identify that the sort of impacts that we expect from climate change can have serious social and political implications.
Recent work shows that several of the world's most important crops could be near climactic thresholds that will seriously impair agricultural yields.Several of these crops (like corn, rice, soybeans and wheat - the source of 75% of global calorie consumption) appear to be sensitive to increases in temperature variation, especially to the occurrence of a particularly hot day in the middle of the growing season. Increases in temperature variation and the prevalence of what are historically unusually hot days is exactly what our best models of the future climate predict. Even if global yields are able to remain fairly constant due to human adaptation to the shifting regions of agricultural productivity (e.g., northward from the U.S. Plains to Canada and Siberia), the temporary economic dislocation will certainly be difficult for today's farmers and for the people who are dependent on the food that they produce.
Other research suggests that increasing temperatures could cause major difficulties for farmers in Southeast Asia who produce a large fraction of global rice output, an important staple in the region. This research recognizes that the human body simply cannot perform the hard manual labor (like that needed to tend to rice paddies) at the temperatures climate models predict. By 2050, these temperatures are expected to be commonplace for the region – potentially resulting in a huge loss of agricultural output.
While agricultural contributions to overall GDP in the rich world may seem relatively minor, it is important to remember that GDP is only a measure of economic activity and not a measure of well-being. The well-being that food provides is not necessarily proportionate to its market price. A common example used to illustrate this point is a comparison of the price of diamonds to the price of water. Water is much less expensive but is an absolute necessity. Staple foods are similar. If the price of diamonds increases, people (in aggregate) can choose to purchase less. If the price of water or food increases however, there is little flexibility (elasticity, in economic terms) in terms of how much less people can choose to buy.
If food prices rise in the rich world, consumers will spend more of their income on food and forgo other consumption options. In developing nations this trade-off may not be possible – creating a situation where political unrest could become more likely. According to World Bank data, over 50% of the world's population lives on less than $2 a day. Obviously for these populations, even small increases in the prices of staples can cause real difficulties since a large fraction of their income is already spent on food. Some of the regions that have the highest concentrations of the global poor are also the regions that tend to be among the most politically volatile. Though it is unlikely that food prices would directly cause conflict or instability in these regions, it is more likely that the stress caused by higher (or more volatile) food prices will worsen existing socio-economic pressures.
The resulting consequences will be difficult to predict; and by their nature will create difficulties in creating an effective adaptive response. Though it will likely never be clear which future conflicts could have been avoided in the absence of climate change, we do know that proactive policy effort taken now can reduce the eventual impact of future food price pressures.
Russell Meyer is the Senior Fellow for Economics and Policy


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2013 Bristol Q&A: NASCAR Sprint Cup - Brad Keselowski
Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion, has started the 2013 season with three straight top-five finishes and is coming off a season-best third at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last weekend. The defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion spoke about his start, along with a variety of other issues.
BRAD KESELOWSKI - No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion - DO YOU THINK THIS UPPER GROOVE IS GOING TO COME IN THIS WEEKEND? "I tried and I hit the wall, so thatâs good. I hope that lane doesnât come in at all. I hate that groove."
DO YOU THINK IT WILL? "The tires arenât reacting because itâs a lot colder and this car itself has a lot more grip. Itâs probably a combination of those two as to why it hasnât come in so far. It would have to get a lot hotter to have a chance for that to happen."
SO THIS RACE MIGHT BE LIKE WHAT THEY INTENDED LAST YEAR WHEN THEY GROUND THE TRACK? "Isnât that ironic? Yeah. I think having that winter to sit because I think they ground it right before the race - give or take a month - but they ground it right before and I think it was really fresh. The pores were really fresh at the surface and it took rubber. Obviously, the warmer temperatures effect the way the rubber comes off the tires and the way it sticks into the concrete as well, so all of those things added up and it was something that I donât think anyone could have ever predicted as far as how the grip came into the race track. That doesnât seem to be the case this time around, which isnât a bad thing."
DO YOU THINK BRISTOL DID THE RIGHT THING MAKING THE MOVES THEY DID WITH THE TRACK SURFACE? "Thereâs a lot of different things. I think a lot of things that fans like isnât necessarily what a track has for grooves or what tire compound. They donât know those kind of things, but what they do know is unpredictability. And when you have a new car you have unpredictability. When you have changes to a track surface you have unpredictability. And I think those things add up. I look at a track like Kansas and how it had been changed in the fall and I donât know if we made one green flag run where we had pit stops because we wrecked so much. I think a lot of fans liked that race because of its unpredictability. Unpredictability kind of lends itself to drivers making mistakes and drivers making mistakes lends itself to action, so those are the things I think people look for. I think that can still happen, whether you have to run the top groove, the bottom groove or whether this track was multi-grooved to begin with."
SO YOU THINK SUNDAY COULD LOOK LIKE LAST AUGUST WHERE ITS CRASHES? "You always have that potential. You just donât know what drivers are going to show up (laughing). With this being a new car it can be easy or hard to overestimate your grip or underestimate it and thatâs when the trouble happens."
DOES THE CRITICISM OF THIS NEW CAR MAKE THIS A BIG WEEKEND? "Every weekend is a big weekend for our sport. Everybody is on egg shells. Drivers are on egg shells. I think the fans are on egg shells. The media is on egg shells. The sanctioning body is on egg shells. You get the collective sense in this sport that everyone is feeling a lot of pressure and if we donât have a perfect week every week everybody just kind of shakes down in their boots. So I think, right now, every week is a big week in this sport."
BRAD KESELOWSKI CONTINUED -- JEFF FOXWORTHY WILL BE HERE TODAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY FAVORITE FOXWORTHY JOKES? "Itâs hard to pick a favorite. I really like Jeff. I donât know him personally, but I like his jokes. I canât say I really have a favorite. He has humility and thatâs good. We could use more of that."
IS THE TIMING OF THIS BRISTOL RACE GOOD FOR YOU? "Yeah, itâs really good. I think our practice session proved that we have the speed to hopefully not let this one get away. It didnât show up as well as we would have liked in qualifying, but I guess thatâs just par for the course for us. If they would have had qualifying last week at Vegas, I think we would have been 30th, so it felt really good to not have to go through that last week. This week, to come out here with a solid qualifying effort lends itself to us having a great race."
YOUâVE WON TWO OUT OF THE LAST THREE HERE. "Yeah, I just really love coming here. I love what this track stands for and I love how it races. I think embracing that challenge is part of our success."
WHAT DOES THIS TRACK STAND FOR? "I think this track, probably more so than any track Iâve ever raced at in my life, is just extremely demanding. I always feel like when I come here Iâm playing Tetris, but I know that if I screw up somebody is gonna hit me over the head with a hammer. Thatâs what this track reminds me of because itâs such a mental and physical challenge. You never get a break. When you finally get that one puzzle piece to fit the next one is coming, and when you think youâve got it all figured out it just keeps going faster and faster and faster until it just breaks you down mentally, and I love that challenge. I like how itâs an in-your-face race track, where if you just ride around here, you wreck. If you get too aggressive, you wreck. If you try to fall somewhere in-between, you just have a bad day, so that mental challenge - the window is so small - and I love that about it."
SO DOES HAVING SUCCESS HERE RECENTLY GIVE YOU AN ADVANTAGE OVER EVERYBODY ELSE? "This track requires confidence to run well. I think itâs really important here because the task at hand is such that if you have any self doubts you make a mistake. If you have any self doubts about who you are or what your approach is to this track, you always find yourself with such a small reaction time to do things that that lack of confidence will show up."
HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE 2 AND 48 ARE STILL AT THE TOP OF THE SPORT AFTER THE BATTLE LAST YEAR AND THE WAY THIS SEASON HAS STARTED? "You know the 48 is gonna be tough to beat and itâs flattering to be in a league where we can compete with them week-in and week-out. I think very easily the rolls could be reversed. If a yellow comes out one second earlier or one second later at Daytona, I feel like we would have won the 500 and weâd be the points leader right now, but it didnât. I feel like weâve been tit-for-tat each of the last three weeks. I felt like we might have been a little bit better at Phoenix and obviously we were a little bit better at Vegas, but we know theyâre not gonna just fall over, either. Weâve got to keep pushing forward. Itâs flattering to be in the same league as them, but Iâm not so naïve to think that we can just keep our feet still and not be caught or passed by anyone in the field."
BRAD KESELOWSKI CONTINUED -- ARE YOU PROUD OF THE FACT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO WIN THE TITLE LAST YEAR AND WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES DURING THE OFF-SEASON HAVE PICKED RIGHT UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF? IT HASNâT SEEMED TO PHASE YOU. "Sure. Itâs definitely a new challenge, but weâve got a great core group of people from car chiefs to crew chiefs to pit crews. We did have some turnover, which was unfortunate. One of the hardest things about winning a championship is a lot of people kind of check that box that they had in their mind and they either retire or go after something else in the pursuit of things, and we lost one or two people, but, for the most part, we kept our core group and a lot of things carry over the way we approach this sport. Whether it was the Generation 4, 5, 6 or even it was the 7 car, and thatâs what makes my team special."
DO YOU THINK ABOUT HOW EVERY WEEKEND IS A BIG EVENT? "I think thereâs more pressure right now in this sport. Iâm just frustrated that I wasnât around in this sport in â05 and â06 when it seemed like there was a license to print money and there was no such thing as a bad race. That would have been really nice."
HAVE YOU DECIDED AT ALL ABOUT YOUR TESTS? "I know there have been discussions. I havenât been in on all of them. Iâd be surprised if we didnât have at least some significant rules change with this car before the midpoint of the season, and that would definitely affect your approach."
DO YOU THINK THEYâRE GOING TO PUT A SPACER ON THERE OR ARE THEY JUST GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER AERO RULE CHANGE? "I think that most likely from the feedback Iâve heard that a lot of drivers are lobbying for a smaller spoiler."
DENNY WAS ASKED IF HE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN SOME OF THE DRIVERS NOT STANDING UP AND SUPPORTING HIM MORE. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT? "I think there are a lot of people in this sport that take the easy road and thatâs more than just drivers. He certainly chose not to do that, which I can respect, and I wish more people would - maybe not in the way that Denny has - but I wish more people would do things not because theyâre easy, but because theyâre hard and because theyâre the right thing to do."
SO YOUâRE IN THE 10 PERCENT THAT SAYS WHAT THEY THINK? "Thatâs not for me to judge, thatâs for you and him."
HE WAS PRETTY HARD. HE TALKED ABOUT PEERS THAT DID HAVE A BACKBONE. "I canât say I disagree with that."
BRAD KESELOWSKI CONTINUED -- WE ALWAYS KNEW WE WOULD BE LUMPING YOU AND DENNY TOGETHER AT SOME POINT. (Laughing) "Itâs funny how things go full circle, and maybe thatâs where this sport is at. I like to look back at the history of this sport. Itâs not talked about much, but the 1980s were really tough on this sport, and there are a lot of interesting parallels between that era and where weâre at right now. Hopefully, itâs a cycle - the late 70s to early 80s - and hopefully it will cycle back around for this sport with interesting stories to tell and better and better competition. I was talking to Darrell Waltrip for a while about when they first came out with the short wheelbase car in 1981. A lot of people donât talk about it, but there were short fields and there were tough times. You look at a track like Pocono and a lot has been made about how it has two events, but a lot of that is out of appreciation NASCAR has for them taking two races when they couldnât get tracks to take races. I think that shows you how hard of a time it was for them in the 80s and maybe thatâs where weâre at now - maybe itâs gonna cycle back around and in 10 years it will be like 1992 all over again and we wonât be able to miss the dart board. I hope so. Itâs difficult because weâre looking at other things, and I think the measuring stick we put ourselves up against, whether itâs right or not, is the NFL. But if you look at some of the other major sports, theyâre struggling too. You look at the NHL and the issues they had with the lockout. You look at MLB and if you go to one of their games, thereâs nobody there. And then Iâve gone to several NBA games this year where attendance has been dismal. Maybe we should be comparing our sport to them, instead of the NFL. I donât know, but I think things are probably not as bad as they seem, and theyâre probably not as good as some people would like to make them out to be. Itâs probably somewhere in-between."
DID DARRELL WALTRIP TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT HOW THEY GOT THROUGH THOSE TIMES? "They were made as hell, but itâs a different era where them being mad as hell didnât make it into the social media or into the newspaper like it does now. He did share some great stories from back then and there are a lot of interesting parallels and probably lessons to be learned that we can apply to the future."
IS THE POSITIVE OUT OF THIS THE FACT GUYS LIKE YOU AND DENNY ARE SPENDING TIME WITH BRIAN FRANCE AND GETTING TO KNOW HIM BETTER? "I think the better the relationship can get from the highest level of the sport to whatever level you would consider to be a driver, I think thatâs probably better for everyone. I donât think itâs any different than a major corporation. You see these shows like Undercover Boss, and I donât think itâs any different than that, where you see a CEO that lives in New York and makes $30 million a year - can he really relate to the guy that is on the factory floor? Thatâs difficult, and the only way for him to do that is to really dig down deep and talk to those people that make it happen, and thatâs how you turn things around when theyâre not going as well. If thatâs what happens out of those situations, then certainly thatâs gonna be a huge positive for everyone in this sport."
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Fashion on the Fly: Four-Eyed Ryan Gosling Is Still Hot (PHOTOS)
A yummy looking Ryan Gosling touched down at LAX Monday sporting a nerd chic look. Rocking a leather jacket, glasses, and slacks Ry-Ry seemed to be missing one important clothing item…
Socks! Too bad it wasn't his shirt.
Gosling has been busy filming The Ides of March in Cincinnati with George Clooney and Evan Rachel Wood. As for his love life, Ryan was last linked to newly single Olivia Wilde. The gorgeous twosome hung tight all throughout the Golden Globe Awards in January and were seen together on an aquarium date in March when she visited Ryan on location. How cute!
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I read on another thread, for instance, that there are herbs a mother can take to dry up her milk. I'm not sure that's something I would want to do but I had never even heard of that so that makes me wonder if I'm just really out of the loop when it comes to ideas for parent-led weaning.
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