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ANYBODY NEED A TRANSFER SLIP? Supposedly, recently departed SunTran manager Jerry Hall made the decision to leave--Tucson's short-lived transit strike had nothing to do with it. At least that's the way The Arizona Daily Star is reporting it. Yeah, right.
So SunTran, the city-owned bus system run by mega-corp. Ryder/ATE, has hired yet another general manager, W. Lee Burner II--another in a long succession of general managers who are replaced whenever necessary to maintain the illusion that all problems are caused by the "previous" manager. Never mind that the same problems continue to exist--and have for as long as Ryder/ATE's been in charge. Looks like the company's disjointed middle management "team" will continue to be the bane of Tucson mass transit.
The "new kid" on the block, our spies tell us, was in fact the last resort--all the other candidates bugged out when confronted with the pile into which they were being asked to step. Our spies also tell us the new kid has never run a property of more than 40 buses. Yeah, this makes good management sense. SunTran currently has 203 buses, as well as numerous support vehicles.
In light of the recent strike, new management and the over-all shabbiness of Tucson's bus fleet, one would think Ryder/ATE would, at the very least, bring in a team of industry experts to work toward some solutions to its chronic problems, which, incidentally, also include management by intimidation, harassment, discrimination and coercion.
Do you suppose our City Manager should be looking into this mess, too?
We doubt the current audit of SunTran the city has ordered will even begin to scratch the surface of what happened to all the monies budgeted to the bus company over the past 17 years. When it comes to operations, maintenance, inventory, administrative, payroll, as well as federal grant monies for capital improvements, new equipment purchases and upgrades, we'd really like to know where all this taxpayer cash has actually gone. Certainly not into fleet refurbishing--we're told one whole bus received a cosmetic overhaul recently. Wow.
We're also told that before Bruce Behncke left as SunTran general manager a few years ago, SunTran returned roughly $700,000 to the city's general fund. Excuse us, but weren't those monies allocated in the SunTran budget for wages and other items? Guess it makes better corporate sense for Ryder/ATE to suck up to its municipal overlords in the city's transportation department than to actually serve the public with decent bus service.
And don't worry, you can always cover crappy service with a snappy marketing campaign. That's why, for a mere $360,000-plus annually, Ryder/ATE provides SunTran with a general manager, an assistant general manager and a director of marketing. To give you an idea of where the priorities lie, we need only point out that the current assistant general manager just happens to be a former SunTran marketing director, who, according to our sources, has little managerial or budget experience.
And do you remember seeing all those SunTran commercials during the Superbowl a few years back? Those couldn't have been our tax dollars going to pay for the most expensive airtime around, could it? Who, exactly, is SunTran competing with that would make TV advertising so necessary?
If Ryder/ATE and the city really want to sell John Q. Public on the concept of getting out of his car and onto the bus daily, why not simply provide well-maintained buses? We believe a clean bus with a fully operational climate-control system, arriving on time, without the squealing brakes, without the accompanying cloud of black smoke, and with a courteous, helpful professional operator, would sell more tickets than a constant barrage of poorly done, surreal TV commercials. But for some strange reason, good service appears to be at the bottom of Ryder/ATE's priority list, as the years of corporate indifference to riders and employees clearly indicate.
In the absence of the contractually required performance audits, and in light of the apparent collusion between the city transportation department and Ryder/ATE in the renewal of the SunTran management contract earlier this year, the City Council should declare the current management contract null and void.
It's time to change bus companies.
VALUE JUDGMENTS: While many critics consider the State Land Department to be nothing more than a front for the Growth Lobby, Land Department officials maintain their legal mandate is to sell and lease taxpayer-owned land for the "highest and best use."
That language allows developers like Cleveland's Forest City to have a "planning permit" for 920 acres of pristine state-owned Sonoran desert in the embattled new Town of Tortolita. The Land Department bozos claim their mandate for "highest and best use" in this instance means high-density housing, because the state can sell its land at a higher price.
Last week, to help those out-of-state developers who want to make millions blading and grading the desert for strips malls and tract developments, state Attorney General Grant Woods, through assistant attorney general Mary Grier, has filed a suit that, if successful, would disincorporate Tortolita.
But here's the real puzzler: If the Land Department thinks making lots of money is "highest and best" use, why did it just reject grazing bids from environmental groups that were two to five times higher than what Arizona ranchers would pay for the same land?
The Land Department reports to GOP Governor Jane Hull, who, along with Woods and State Treasurer Tony West, vote on proposed sales the Land Department recommends. So, Jane, since "highest" is no longer necessarily defined as "best," judging by the rejection of the grazing lease bids, we'd like to point out that allowing Forest City go ahead with 3,700 tract homes on 920 acres and disincorporating a town to do it--not to mention creating massive strains on an already stressed school system in the area--might not fit the "best" definition either.
Unfortunately, Hull's principal envoy in Southern Arizona is Steve Jewett, on leave as publisher of Inside Tucson Business, a government-subsidized weekly rag that mindlessly trumpets the Growth Lobby's position that the actual people in Tortolita should have no say in land-use policies in their community.
The Tortolita issue will end Hull's honeymoon with many real environmentalists, as well as the residents of the new town and their thousands of supporters, many of whom are Republicans. These are her dogs and she could call them off if she so desired. But we suspect the only spin she's been given is the warped view of her staff, principally Jewett.
COUNCIL CLUSTER: A whopping 33 people have applied for a post on the brand-spankin'-new Village of Casas Adobes Town Council, which is (as of press time) an unpaid position. The Pima County Board of Supervisors will pick seven out of the bunch on November 18, following a series of forums sponsored by Citizens for Democracy and Open Local Government.
We hope the candidates participate in the forums, because the new council's real constituency, the 50,000-plus folks who live in Casas Adobes, didn't exactly give the tiny and divided incorporation committee a mandate with a 51 percent vote. In fact, the decision was carried in the early voting--the incorporation question went down with people who voted on election day.
There are some problems facing the supes in making these choices. Geography and gender are skewed, as most of the applicants (26) are men and the vast majority live north of Ina Road.
The pro-incorporation committee folks argue that nobody who opposed incorporation should be appointed to the council--once more demonstrating their exclusivity. Three of the committee members have applied for council posts, negating their earlier commitments not to. But then, they were never very good at keeping commitments.
Some of the front-runners fortunately are not tainted by committee membership, nor do they look like Ed Moore clones. For now, they are:
Don Burtchin, chair of the Pima County Parks Commission and an officer in the local GOP from District 12, in which most of the town lies. Burtchin is well known to the supes and would be a stabilizing influence.
Asa Bushnell, former Tucson Citizen columnist and currently public information officer for the Pima County Sheriff's Department. Bushnell has deep GOP credentials and has the support of Supervisor Mike Boyd, who has a big portion of the town in his district.
Captain Marty Cramer of the Pima County Sheriff's Office. Cramer is currently chair of the Metro Water Board and, like Burtchin, well known and liked among the supes.
Joe Murray, an opponent of incorporation not only of Casas Adobes but of his friends in the Northwest Neighborhood Coalition who formed Tortolita, Pima County's other new town. Murray is strongly supported by Board Chairman Raul Grijalva.
Mary Schuh, who also opposed incorporation and is one of the great gadflies of local government, particularly around budget time. Not only is she competent, Schuh also is a woman from the south part of town.
We've been informed that legendary land speculator Don Diamond has sent in a hit list of candidates he doesn't want to see on the new council, which includes not only Murray and Schuh, but Pete Tescione and Peter Vokac. Tescione, along with Ted Schlinkert, tried to draw attention to what the closed-circuit committee members were doing, while Vokac bailed out on the committee to become an advocate of a position no one clearly understood, serving a constituency basically of himself. Diamond also nixed Schlinkert, apparently unaware that he didn't apply, partially because he doesn't live in the town.
Considering Diamond's leverage with most of the supes, we expect his hit list to be ignored. He may have even given Vokac's quixotic candidacy artificial respiration. And there may be some sleepers in the pile.
There will be an election next year, with a primary in March and a general in May. This debut, appointed council should move slowly and cautiously, rejecting many of the grandiose plans and deals the incorporation committee made. Big decisions should be made by candidates the people elect.
If you live in Casas Adobes and want to meet your potential civic leaders, you can get a look at them at two forums, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, and Monday, November 17, at La Cima Middle School, 5600 N. La Cañada Drive.
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FOXBORO – It's official, another draft bust at the cornerback position for the Patriots.
Ever since New England decided to not re-sign pro bowl cornerback Asante Samuel following the 2007 season in an attempt to save money, the Patriots have drafted seven cornerbacks in an attempt to replace Samuel's production.
Since leaving New England, Samuel has 28 interceptions. Six of the seven players drafted to fill his shoes have a total 18 interceptions. The latest draft failure is third-year player Ras-I Dowling who was released by the team on Wednesday.
Dowling, 25, was drafted by New England in the second round (33rd overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft out of Virginia. The 6-foot-1, 215-pound cornerback played in only nine games during his two seasons with the Patriots and tallied a meager 10 total tackles and one pass defense. After starting his first two games of his rookie season, he was placed on injured reserve with a hip injury. Last season, Dowling was limited to seven games before being placed on injured reserve with a thigh injury.
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Terrence Wheatley
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Darius Butler
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It seems if the Patriots simply paid the money to the proven talent that was Asante Samuel in the first place, maybe they could have used those draft picks to fill other holes on the team.
On second thought, knowing their draft record they may have messed those draft picks up anyway.
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Stressing about Oxbridge dinner jacket / suit(36 Posts)
I would like to buy my DS a proper dinner suit to wear to his sixth form leavers' ball and to also see him through his next few years at Uni (Oxbridge, assuming he gets his grades in August) but am not sure how much the style matters. We are definitely not Oxbridge types at all and I don't want him to stand out like a sore thumb next year, I want him to feel comfortable in what he's wearing.
We decided we could afford up to £300 as he should get a lot of wear out of it as he's doing a degree with lots of evening dos apparently.
I've tried to read up on it all the dos and don'ts but feel really out of the loop.
How important is the type of lapel? Shawl/ peak/ notched
What about vent- none, single, double?
Number of buttons?
Stripes down trousers, or piping, or nothing?
Shirt- what style is best- pleated, marcella, studs?
It feels like a complete minefield of secret rules designed to mark him out.
I'm already imagining that he'll walk into the room at Cambridge and everyone will turn to look at him with a gasp of horror and know he isn't "one of them" and I will have ruined everything by buying the wrong outfit.
OK, I know it won't be that bad hopefully, but I do feel that he is about to enter a completely alien world to ours and I want to make things as easy as possible if I can, not worse.
Any Oxbridge types / London/ county socialites out there who can help?
Evening dos as in formal hall? The most important part of that outfit is the robe not what you're wearing underneath. If you want him to fit in with the Old Etonian types then that is another thread which I can't contribute constructively to.
I don't ever recall ever worrying about what to wear at garden parties/ formal hall and even balls. DH bought a second hand dinner jacket as well as a college robe at Oxfam when he was in his first year at Cambridge and it lasted him well after his Phd.
I really wouldn't worry too much. There are all sorts at Cambridge - they are not all Bullingdon Club or Brideshead Revisited types. Don't think he'll be judged by anyone that matters at all except for himself and his own personality - which I bet is lovely.
I do think a DJ etc is a reasonable investment but at this stage was very happy to get DS an M and S one. They do some good styles.
He may develop his own tastes in these things later but by the he should be able to find them.
Btw, I am intrigued by what sort of degree course requires a lot of black tie events - I haven't heard of it but wish I'd done it!
PS yes having read the other post, my DS also bought a second hand one when he wanted something different from the original . Still wearing it at 29 I think.
'Fund' not 'find' !
I very much doubt anyone will gasp at the 'wrong' DJ. The occasion that my friend Bob turned up to a black tie event in just boxers, a big grin, and, yes, a black tie sticks in the mind, but otherwise? Nah.
The old money all tend to be wearing "their father's old DJ". Lots of other just have them because they play in Orchestras/sing in choirs. Clothes are not really things that people are especially judged on, and some people will be very eccentric in their tastes (I went to Balls and plenty of Girls had dresses from Laura Ashley etc.).
For Formal dinners in Hall at my historic college, you had to wear a gown but under it you could get away with jeans and a T-shirt.
However the rules between Oxford and Cambridge do differ.
Don't worry. Most people at Oxbridge are in the 'definitely not Oxbridge types' category and at my college it was the Etonians who were desperately trying to conceal their backgrounds.
As far as a DJ goes, don't buy an expensive one - boys I knew called theirs' 'battle dress'... Student black tie events are quite rough on clothes
To be honest you may be better of hiring a DJ if needed for 6th form leavers do and then waiting until he gets there to see what everyone else does. IIRC the only black tie dos as an undergraduate were May Balls. if you are near a Slaters Menswear they have vg cut price DJs or try an outlet place/Boundary Mill, if you must buy upfront.
It's 20 years since I was at Oxford but most of the men wore second hand or cheap and cheerful DJs. The scruffier the better TBH. There is no point spending a lot of money on a suit that will have beer spilt on it, be vomited on, have cigarettes put out on it, and will probably end up in the Cherwell/Cam at some point. And I was at a graduate college where we were quite a bit more civilised than the undergraduates. Just be glad you don't have a daughter, men can wear the same DJ until they get too fat for it, a daughter will want a new (to her) dress for every occasion.
It'll be formal halls that he goes to mostly at college - only black tie do is likely to be the end of year ball.
Formal halls at Cambridge aren't black tie for undergrads, they are just gown plus smart clothes underneath, not necessarily even a full suit (although jacket pockets handy for smuggling in bottles of wine). How smart depends on the college - ring the porters lodge, they'll tell you what they usually wear.
If you need to get a black tie suit now, just get an m&s one. They are brilliant, same price as hiring but you get to keep it, and reasonable quality. Even my dh still wears an m&s one! It would give you enough left over to get him a normal dark navy suit as well. Really don't get anything too fancy, he'll feel like an idiot! Machine washable also a good idea, save on the dry cleaning bills after wine and various other spillages.
My DS is at Oxford, I'm glad I didn't know there were all these different kinds of lapels and things or I'm sure I would have been stressing too.
He needed black tie (also worn for 6th form prom) and a dark suit (subfusc!), so I just sent him out to get them... £150 for the black tie, £90 for the suit. All fine.
Agree that buying black tie is a good idea, He's needed it quite a few times for posh dinners and drinks, not just balls (in fact the ball he's going to this week is white tie, which he has hired).
Ha ha (in the nicest way) at 'one of them'. We're all 'one of them', just normal (academic) people. Yes, there are a few ridiculous toffs, but you could dress them in a sackcloth and they'd still find each other. Best thing is to relax and be himself, including wearing clothes that he's comfortable in and won't stress if he ruins. He'll love it!
Get one from Oxfam or Ebay for his Sixth Form ball, or rent one if you must.
If/when he gets the grades for Cambridge, he can get one secondhand from the numerous outfitters, or buy new if he feels he needs one. You can't really go wrong with a classic one from Hackett or Lewin, and in the sales they will be well within your budget.
If he does buy a suit, he will get more use from a charcoal grey or deepest navy one than a black one. Black suits are a solecism in most industries.
You sound stressed about "Oxbridge types" and I promise you there is no such thing.
Don't spend £300. The liklihood is that he will change shape between now and graduation! Ds had a few black tie events to go to last Christmas at his (non-Oxbridge) uni so we spent about £90 in M&S. Hiring is about £50 a time so it was certainly worth spending £90.
There will be a disproportionate overrepresentation of Old Etonians but that's still a tiny minority in absolute terms. Unless you're from an seriously deprived background your DS will find the majority of his fellow students completely normal, and just as baffled by the antics of the Rees-Moggs as he is.
Well, I was at Oxbridge and I have no idea what any of these things you are talking about mean.
I think dh had a dj at the time, probably m&s or suchlike. I never noticed particularly, nor do I think did anyone else.
yy to machine washable everything, though...
Get one of those tshirts with a Tux printed on. It says I'm formal, but I'm ready to party.
I think it would be lovely of you to get him a dinner suit as black tie events are still very frequent in many colleges and a normal suit isn't the same thing.
Washable may well be the most useful quality...other than that, classic has most longevity, so if you really want answers: peaked lapels (shawl is legit but looks more ostentatious), satin stripes up legs, double or no vents (doesn't really matter tho), single breasted unless he really prefers double, shirt can be ordinary white one or specialist dinner shirt, either front fine, but must have a turn down collar, and ideally he should learn to tie a bow tie.
But having said all that (in the spirit of trying to answer your qs) you truly mustn't worry about Oxbridge types, as others have said there is no such (single) thing, and they will all be far too busy getting pissed to care what anyone else is wearing at black tie events.
I do think it is really nice of you to care about this and he is a lucky boy! I promise he won't feel out of place and neither should you.
DSs have black washable suits from Next which double up as sub fusc and black tie. The washable part is essential, as even if you're prepared to shell out for dry cleaning, they won't bother to take them.
A pleated front evening shirt is quite nice, but failing that any white shirt will do.
Some May balls are white tie anyway so require a tail coat to be hired at £75 a pop.
Go second hand. It is pointless to worry about fitting in with the Etonians, they are human beings like anyone else and anyway the DJ is the least of what they might recognise in each other. Most lads his age will look good in a fairly slim fitting suit, just find him something second hand that fits reasonably well, and wait for him to do lots of sport and fill out so much that he needs another one in a year's time.
If you have money spare as a result, he will soon find a use for it
having said that this double breasted number is quite nice
I must admit I boggled a bit when DS had to sit his exams in suit, cap and gown, and have a carnation in his buttonhole
I love all the crazy Oxford shit. I love that they have subfusc and matriculation and michaelmas and hilary and trinity and gargoyles and wine cellars and high tables and May Morning and madrigals and croquet and punting and everything is a squillion years old and a little bit bonkers and in Latin. And we are not an Oxbridge family.
Not terrifically clear what the DS wants. Some students end up wanting to 'do' formal occasions, a lot don't. My hunch - ex Oxbridge student speaking - is that some people may actually feel more confident/stylish in stuff they've chosen themselves from a vintage clothes place/eBay etc, rather than something brand new, squeaky clean that had been bought at great price by a doting parent. (It's a bit like having your Mum iron creases into your jeans for you because they want you to look smart.)
I do remember having a terrific time at a formal dinner wearing a gold lurex dress I'd got at a charity shop for a couple of quid.
In the meantime you want to give your son a present that will help him with his education, maybe a laptop would be more useful?
Has he stopped growing?
My brother grew 4 inches in the first year at uni and several inches on his chest and shoulders
There's no way I'd spend £300 on a suit for an 18 year old
I think you need to detach with love and stop researching stuff for your son and let him get on with it.
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Yochanan Rivlin, professor of Near Eastern studies at Haifa University, is a man of boundless and often naïve curiosity. His wife Hagit is tolerant of almost everything but her husband's faults and prevarications. Rivlin's obsession with his eldest son's failed marriage proves to be one such problem. Why did his bride leave him, though to all appearances they had been at peace together?
While his wife warns him that the truth is always relative and often painful besides, Rivlin's search leads to a number of improbable escapades. In this comedy of manners, at once deeply serious and highly entertaining, Yehoshua richly portrays disparate sectors of Israeli life - Jewish and Arab, urban and rural, religious and secular, middle-class and lower-class, educated and uneducated. And characters with a very human desire for, and fear of, the truth in politics and in life.
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A. B. Yehoshua is the widely acclaimed author of numerous novels, including JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE MILLENIUM, FIVE SEASONS, MR. MANI, THE LOVER, and OPEN HEART. One of Israel's preeminent writers, he has been awarded the Israeli Prize, the Koret Jewish Book Award, and the National Jewish Book Award. He lives in Haifa.
When one of Rivlin's students a young Arab bride from a village in the Galilee is assigned to help with his research in recent Algerian history, a two-pronged mystery develops. As they probe the causes of the bloody Algerian civil war, Rivlin also becomes obsessed with his son's failed marriage.
Rivlin's search leads to a number of improbable escapades. In this comedy of manners, at once deeply serious and highly entertaining, Yehoshua brilliantly portrays characters from disparate sectors of Israeli life, united above all by a very human desire for, and fear of, the truth in politics and life.
With equal measures of energy, humor, anxiety, and poetry, Yehoshua portrays a life sometimes improbable, often dark, and infinitely rich. The Liberated Bride is a feat of masterly storytelling from one of the world's great novelists.
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By The Associated Press
Billionaire investor Nelson Peltz, whose Triarc Cos. Inc. is acquiring hamburger chain Wendy's, now either wholly owns or has a stake in a number of food companies and brands:
_Wendy's International Inc.
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_H.J. Heinz Co.
_Hanson Natural Corp.
_P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc.
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_Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.
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Shaping Up
Circle meets square. Or rectangle? Either way it's a beautiful partnership. This bag has all those retro vibes I love, but surprisingly, it's not vintage. Pair it, or something similar with boot cut jeans along with a printed kimono top and you'll see modern day 70's style alive and well. It's the shape of things…
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I found this recipe in a TOH's Quick Cooking cookbook it was submitted to them by Lorna Nault from Chesterton, Indiana.I thought this would be a good recipe to serve with almost any type of Mexican dish.I've changed a couple of things to the recipe based on what I had at home. The changes will be in "( )".If you make it the way it's stated in "( )" it will make enough for 3.Submitted to "Zaar" by me on 3/13/08
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Great recipe! Very simple and made as directed. Served with fish tacos. I think i will try with black beans, too. May try topping with cheese. thanks!
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- 1 small onion, finely chopped (I used 1/4 cup )
- 1 garlic clove, minced (I used 1/2 teaspoon of powdered )
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh cilantro (I left it out ) or 2 teaspoons fresh parsley (I left it out )
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 (15 ounce) cans pinto beans, rinsed and drained (I used 1 can )
- 2⁄3 cup salsa (I used 1/3 cup )
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- In large skillet our saucepan,cook onion, garlic,and cilantro in oil until tender.
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Flare 2.0 is a common card from the Epidemic set of .hack//ENEMY.
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Flare 2.0 is very easy to play, and it allows the user to score multiple monsters in one battle. This is especially useful when used in combination with Menhir monsters, which allow more than one monster to attack a single target when they would otherwise be spread out.


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I had previously wrote a blog and I remembered something about Ab Aeterno. In that episode, after Isabella, (as MIB), leaves the ship, Richard is left alone for what is assumed to be, a long time. Now later, when MIB, comes back, Richard is passed out, Then MIB puts is hand on Richard's shoulder, and he wakes up. My question is, did anyone else think Richard might have been dead, or even close to death? Like I previously stated, he was there for who knows how long without food or water, now I know this is a bit of a reach, but when I saw that scene, I thought MIB had brought him back to life by touching him, similar to the way Jacob touched Locke in the Incident, after Locke fell eight stories, Locke looked dead.
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I have taken to this particular website because it gives me the real time stats of the games that are being played. I am at work when a large number of the games are being played. I make sure that I stay locked in to the Covers website because this gives me all that I need and more. I never thought that I would be able to see a website that had so much information, but March Madness is thoroughly covered here on the Covers website. Most people that are trying to place bets on these swift games are going to be looking for the March Madness odds. That is a good thing to be aware of because the games are quick, and the buzz beaters could spell doom for top seeds. It is going to be pertinent to have the March Madness betting odds, and Covers provides these odds in detail.
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Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich has said that he expects you to be capable of causing surprises in your second DTM season. Do you share his assessment?
"I'm hoping to be able to fulfill his expectations. In any event, I'm very happy that Dr. Ullrich and Audi are giving me the opportunity to prove myself in the DTM. Last year, I jumped into pretty cold water. Before my first DTM race I only had two tests and during the season I hardly had any chance of testing either.
I've had plenty of opportunity now to make up for that in the winter, which has tremendously helped me. I've got a lot more driving practice now and am sure that this will pay off. But one shouldn't forget that the DTM is still the DTM and that the air in this series is extremely thin."
You're running for Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline this year. How were you received by the Abt squad?
"With extreme warmth. I've known most of them pretty well from the past season because we're really a big family at Audi and all three teams are closely working together in the DTM. I've already paid a visit to my new team in Kempten as well. I was given a very friendly welcome and am impressed with what I saw there.
At the last track tests Alex Stehlig, Mattias Ekström's engineer, took a lot of his time out for me. We practiced starts together, for example. I've got the feeling that the people at Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline are doing everything they can to make it possible for us to be successful together."
Have you been able to test the new Audi A5 DTM yet?
"Yes I have. Every one of the seven drivers has been involved in the development from the outset. That, too, is a great feeling because all of us are treated equally. You can't take that for granted in motorsport. I expect to be driving the new Audi A5 DTM in its final form for the first time at the ITR test in Valencia. I'm really excited about that, the car simply looks great. The engineers from Audi Sport again had good ideas."


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Hairy stud Massimo has travelled all the way from Italy to take his clothes off for Hot Older Male. He's a 46-year-old masculine man who stands 6'2" and weighs a lean 195 pounds. He's ruggedly handsome with a full beard and he's balding a bit on top. But what Massimo is lacking on his head, he makes up for with a bushy, hairy chest. Massimo has a nicely built body, too, not overly muscular, just well-defined. And when he slides out of his underwear, he reveals a beautiful, long cock. He's pretty horny, so we actually never see his cock soft. It's long, hard, and his crown is blazing red like it's angry and ready to spit. And if you like furry butts, Massimo's is covered with soft, dark hair with an even darker patch running up the crack of his ass.
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From the US Forest Service, 12/6/2012:
West Magnolia fuels treatment project continues into the winter months. So far 75% of the cutting and 65% of the hauling has been completed. The area remains closed to all entrance, we appreciate all who have supported us by following the closure. People have still been breaking in illegally and creating resource damage to the areas next to the gated closures. Your assistance in carrying the message of resource protection to others is appreciated.
The website is still active: http://www.fs.usda.gov/arp/goto/westmagnolia. It has a summary of activities and updates from June 2012, and a link to the Project Environmental Assessment for those interested in learning more.


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Karachi, Aug 21: After weeks of latent tension and acrimony within the Pakistan team management, Pakistan team coach Waqar Younis has decided to put in his papers citing personal reasons, including his and his wife's health. He further announced that the side's upcoming tour of Zimbabwe will be his last assignment.
"I have tendered my resignation to the [Pakistan Cricket] board last week and the tour to Zimbabwe will be my last," an unemotional Waqar Younis said at a press conference in Karachi. "I have taken this decision on personal grounds, including medical grounds, and have no differences with anyone and my resignation has been accepted by the board.
The 39-year-old Waqar took over the mantle of coach in March last year in the wake of Team Pakistan's tumultuous tour of Australia in which the visitors were unable to secure victory in a single game. No sooner had he replaced Intikhab Alam for the job, Pakistan cricket was rattled by the spot-fixing controversy, marking perhaps the side's most turbulent phase in history.
It was also during Waqar's tenure that Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider fled the team who was midway through a series in the UAE, for the UK, citing that he was being threatened by match-riggers.
In the 2010-11 season, Waqar oversaw a victorious Pakistan campaign of New Zealand where they won the Test and One-Day series before reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup, ending Australia's tournament winning-streak en route.
Waqar likened his term as coach to a "rollercoaster" and claimed his side was shaken when informed that he'll be stepping down. "It was a roller coaster for me, with a lot of controversies including the spot-fixing scandal, but I am proud of the fact that all these young boys have carried on the good work despite these problems.
The PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said: ""The PCB has accepted his resignation and understands his personal reasons. His tenure was good and we wish him the best in his future."
Waqar's last major engagement was the tour of the West Indies where Pakistan drew the Test series and snatched victory in the ODI series. However the tour sparked tension between him and limited-overs captain Shahid Afridi over team selection that eventually led to Afridi's retirement from international cricket.
While the PCB still mulls a replacement for Waqar, batting and fielding coach Ijaz Ahmed has been made his deputy for the upcoming Zimbbawe assignment.
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Hell's Gate to Flying Mid Kick is a secret combo in Tekken Tag Tournament 2. This combo is used by Jin Kazama with his tag partner Devil Jin.
It is a combination of five independent moves:
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- Flying Mid Kick (nameless move)
- Electric Wind Hook Fist
First Jin must do the Power Stance and change his fighting stance to Heihachi's fighting stance. Then the player Must press 1+2, TAG, 2, u+4, 3, 4. If done correctly the in-game's announcer will say GREAT at the end of the combo.


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Ed Helms (born 2000, will die whenever Stephen says so) is on The Daily Show, which automatically makes him not nearly as great as Stephen Colbert, but Ed Helms isn't as great as Stephen Colbert anyway. Ed Helms is the result of Stephen trying to clone himself, which resulted in this ugly, evil non-identical clone. Some people think that they look similar, but Stephen Colbert is the sexiest middle-aged white guy ever, and Ed Helms looks like a cross between Willy Wonka and Hitler. Ed changed his look, but he now looks uglier.
Ed Helms TriviaEdit
- The reason for Ed Helms' prodigious height and... general appearance... is exposure to a nucular power plant meltdown while Stephen was trying to clone himself.
- Ed Helms is ugly. It's true. Don't even try to argue. This page says he is ugly, so believe it!
- On a scale of greatness, Ed Helms falls somewhere between Jon Stewart and Al Franken.
- Ed Helms' greatest aspiration is to become a Delicious Candy Taster.
- Ed Helms will rip the head off a bison and sauté its nuts in olive oil to a golden brown just because he heard that it will make him see two inches further into another man's soul!
- Ed Helms' best (and only true) friend is his cat, Mr. Whiskers (named after Stephen's dead cat in a desperate attempt to make Stephen like him more).
- Ed Helms also appeared on "The Orifice," where someone put his calculator in jello. His character is currently in anger management.
- Ed Helms is a failed attempt by the Democratic party to create a liberal Colbert Clone.
- Stephen has a destruct button and can kill Ed whenever he feels like.
- Ed Helms hates beavers.


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Why the confirmation email was not sent?Asked by miyonimuwc on November 04, 2016 at 05:49 AM
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The person who writes the recommendation mentions the applicant's email at the recommendation form, so when he sends the form- the applicant is supposed to get an email [sent automatically by Jotform] that confirms that the recommendation form has been received.
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Name: Vallantro Phoenix; formerly Vallantro Abrami
Aliases: The Will of Humanity, Remaker of Man, The God of Change
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Occupations: Ruler of the Intergalactic Kingdom of Sol, CEO and Founder of Phoenix Inc.
Powers: Remaking/Customization, Supernatural Condition, Psionic Manipulation, Magic
Abilities: Psychic Shadow, Reality/Conceptual Anchoring, Singularity, Living Anomaly, Mindshifting
Leitmotif: Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Motto: "Imperfections and flaws are the only truly perfect things."
Quote(s)about or from him:
"Perfection is never attained. Striving for it only invites failure. Claiming to be perfect only invites pride. Being perfect only invites boredom and despair."
"I do not create. Creation is the place of a higher entity. I remake . I change. Change is the place of a human such as myself. That is the power of all humans. The power to change."
"Stagnation has become a sin to me. It is the opposite of progress, the very aspect of reality that makes existence bearable. To me, such a sin cannot be condoned. That is why I remake beings. That is why I change entities. My power is the death of stagnation"
Archetypes: Benevolent Boss/Honest Corporate Executive, Principles Zealot, Dimension Lord, The Fettered, Combat Pragmatist, Humble Hero, A God I Am Not
Origin story
Vallantro Phoenix (formerly Abrami) was born in an extremely affluent family in the beautiful city of Florence, Italy on June 21st, 2018. His parents were the influential and obscenely oppulent Riccardo Abrami (who is also a metahuman gifted with superhuman intellect), the CEO of Genetix, which specializes in genetic engineering and research, and the superheroine Volta, a metahuman who's capable of manipulating electromagnetic fields. For most of his childhood, he spent most of it attending prestigious private schools or pursuing some academic venture to gain the coveted affection of his father.
As the child of a metahuman union, he possessed several defining characteristics that distinguished him as such from his peers. The more prominent of these characteristics was his hair and eye color: dark brown with red streaks and auburn respectively. These qualities, alongside greater physical status than most humans, separated him from his peers. This feeling of isolation, coupled with a need for his father's affection, drove him to be the best at what he did, trying to garner everyone's attention and love.
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At the age of 16, Vallantro had himself tested for metahuman powers, seeing how both of his parents possess them. However, the scanners detected no traces of any power within him yet. He wrote it off as a severe fluke and demanded to be tested again. His father agreed with his son for once and ordered the technicians to test his son once more. Once again, the tests revealed that Vallantro had yet to develop his powers. This stirred up feelings of inadequacy within Vallantro, which unknowingly awakened his latent powers. It also a further divide between him and his father.
After having graduated from Harvard University (he studied molecular biology) at the age of 23, he applied for an internship at his father's company, viewing it as a way to finally gain his father's love. He was assigned to shadow Dr. Quintin Neal, one of the world's leading experts of molecular biology. As time went on, he began to question the moral soundness and legality of his father's operations, discovering live test subjects for various highly dangerous experimental projects and ventures within the lower levels of the building. It seems that they were being used for the research and development of biotech weapons.
One night, after everyone else (excluding security guards) had left the building, Vallantro sneaked in to the lower levels to where the creatures where being held. He tried to break the containers and cages storing the creatures, but his efforts proved fruitless. He wanted to change things, free the poor creatures, but he felt utterly powerless. In defeat, he placed his hand on one of the containers. This activated his powers, namely in the form of a sort of digital interface that detailed the properties of the container and various ways to alter the container and its properties.
No Longer A Normal:
Intrigued by the final appearance of his powers, he decided to hold off on freeing the creatures, deciding that testing his powers on more inconsequential items was the favorable approach. With haste, he sneaked out of building and went home and began running several experiments with his powers in secret.
To his amazement and constant testing, he found that he could not only reshape, reconstruct, and edit the properties of inorganic items, he could do the same to organic materials as well. Deciding not to use sapient subjects to test this, he used bacteria colonies instead. He changed simple and noticeable aspects of the bacteria: length of the flagella, shape of the chromosome, resistance to antibiotics, etc. Immediately thinking of the potential and good that his power could serve, his mind went immediately to the poor creatures underneath the Genetix central headquarters.
Deciding that it was high time that the creatures where saved, he first remade his body and mind, having a feeling that something might occur during his excursion. During the remaking process, he discovered something very foreboding. Within his body, there were millions upon millions of nanobots within his body that served the purpose of mind-controlling him when activated, and should that fail, killing him by causing every cell within his body to spontaneously die via a lethal chemical. Using his powers, he discovered that the nanobots are constantly transmitting information about Vallantro and their own state to an unknown location, most likely his father he thought.
Bypassing the inherent security system within every nanobot simultaneously, he altered them and made them transmit false information from here own out. No longer having to worry, he also disabled and dismantled the chemical dispersing function of the nanobots and took control of them. With the issue of the nanobots essentially nullified, he went back to remaking his entire body and mind. His augmented his physical condition to supernatural levels, rivaling gods in terms of physical status. He made his mind far more flexible, allowing him to alter it at will anytime he wished instead of always resorting to his main power to do so. Alongside this mental elasticity, he also covered his mind in a sort of "psionic cover" that hides it and protects it from psychic powers.
The Dethroning:
Thinking himself to be prepared for most situations, he began to make his way to the Genetix central headquarters. Then, a thought popped into his head: Why not ruin his father by showing proof of his father's guilt to the world? Surely, that would end Genetix and the awful experiments in one satisfying swoop. Once more, instead of immediately freeing the creatures, he mentally formulated a plan to ruin his father and stop the unethical experiments. However, such a plan would require some help. He pondered the possibility to implant undying loyalty into certain subjects. He deemed such action morally grey, but utterly necessary for this plan to work.
Over the course of several days, Vallantro spent his time acting as any normal intern would, all the while setting up his gambit by hacking certain systems to acquire certain information or just creating favorable variables, earning the trust of his colleagues, implanting undying loyalty in his father's personal guards, and working on a secret project involving the numerous nanites within his body. However, as the time neared to truly execute his plan, something felt "off". Vallantro was fairly sure that his father knew of his powers and his betrayal by know. Yet, Riccardo acted far too calmly. Nonetheless, this didn't stop Vallantro from finally enacting his plan after 2 weeks of calculated planning.
Unexpectedly, Riccardo (along with his guards) invited Vallantro down to the lower levels to view the "secret project" at the time that Vallantro had planned to do the same (or rather goad him into doing so). Immediately, Vallantro knew what his father meant and Riccardo knew that Vallantro knew, and so on and so forth... (I must digress) Once they both reached the lower levels, they were both greeted with seemingly empty rooms, minus the creatures of course. Once both in the center of the room, they faced each other down, the silence only broken by snapping of Vallantro's fingers and the cocking of guns at Riccardo's head. Vallantro pulled a flash drive from his pocket and told his father that it contained proof of his misdeeds. He also said that all the cameras in this room are broadcasting this to all present personnel.
Vallantro, thinking he had won, expected for his father to break down and rant about his motives, which would be recorded by the cameras stationed in the room. Unfortunately for him, his father was smiling. Riccardo merely stood here and said nothing. The guards soon turned their sights onto Vallantro. Riccardo ordered one of the guards to shoot the flash drive out of Vallantro's hand. His evidence was destroyed. Vallantro face sunk, he drained of color, and his breath quickened.
Riccardo had seen through his plan that quickly. He began to explain that with the burgeoning increase in metahumans, especially those with psychic powers, he started to mentally scan everyone of his personal guard and check for psychic alterations. If he detected any, he had that guard killed. He even took further measures as to replace them with hyper-realistic android replicas. Riccardo was also aware of Vallantro's hacking and deliberately input fake information to throw Vallantro off. Right before the invitation, he also disabled the security cameras in this partiuclar room and placed a signal jammer inside of it, preventing broadcasts. Riccardo basked in his victory and laughed at his son's apparent defeat.
When Riccardo's fit of laughter was over, he glanced over at his son. Riccardo was shocked, but the sudden realization dawned upon him. Vallantro had a backup plan. Vallantro revealed his own secret project to his father. He disclosed that he had modified the nanites with his own power and repurposed them into something far more useful, sentient hackers that could be dispersed in the most innocuous method possible: exhalation. Riccardo quickly realized the implications of this and gasped in horror as his robotic servants turned on him once more. Vallantro also added that the real information that he had acquired was uploaded to the databases of several international legal agencies several minutes ago via the nanites, and that the signal jammer had been disabled via the nanites and that the cameras had been reactivated a few moments after they both stepped into the room.
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With his father now in custody of international authorities and the company needing a new CEO, Vallantro took over Genetix as its CEO. This interesting turn of events did not go unnoticed, as Vallantro had hoped. Many of his father's business partners deserted him, others welcomed him as the new face of the company and wished for a mutually beneficial partnership. Knowing it was high time for a change of pace, and wanting to clear the scandal revolving around him and this company, Vallantro legally changed his last name from Abrami to Phoenix and renamed the company "Phoenix Industries", which would specialize in biomedical engineering and pharmaceutical pursuits.
Using his powers to his advantage, Phoenix Industries became the world leader in biomedical engineering tech and pharmaceutical breakthroughs, managing to create working organs in an efficient, cost-effective manner and creating cures to illnesses and diseases such as HIV, AIDS, and even cancer. This made some of Vallantro's more envious partners angry. They would be overshadowed by Vallantro and his "mircales".
Vallantro, noticing this, decided to take some preemptive measures in case of a betrayal. Thinking back to what his father has mentioned regarding psychics and their potential use in coporate espionage, Vallantro had a plan to protect his company, and others, from the use of psychics in coporate warfare. Seeing as how the psychic community has been scrutinzed and discriminated against, Vallantro used his substantial wealth and funded several private schools that specialized in the training of pychic powers. This act garnered him some favor from the psychic community. Continuing to do acts of charity to the psychich community, he also noticed the predjudice against magi and began to earn their favor as well.
With the future of his company and others secured, he began to expand his company and take over his more envious and evil enemies. His power and influence did not go unnoticed. His expansion was under the watchful scrunity of several superhero teams, one of which has his mother as a member. They were all suspicious of him and his intent, given as how his father was in the past. However, he put their fears to rest, as he simply wanted to make the world a better place. He even managed to hire some of them, offering to vastly upgrade (or retool) their powers and cosmetically remake them to their liking.


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The following is the OpenKWS Evaluation Infrastructure setup and testing instructions
- Download the IARPA-Babel Vietnamese Build and Eval packs with using the username and password provided by NIST.
- Download the latest IndusDB 20140206 (Contact NIST for link).
- Download and install SCTK Version 2.4.8 or later (from http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/tools.cfm) according to the INSTALL document in the distribution.
- Download JobRunner 1.3.0 or later (from http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/tools.cfm)
- Download and check the F4DE 3.1.0 or later (from http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/tools.cfm) according to the instructions under "INSTALLATION" section in the"README" file of the distribution.
- Note, F4DE requires many CPAN libraries and other utilities. It is vital that a you successfully run either the full "make check" or minimally the 'make mincheck' and 'make KWSEvalcheck' before proceeding to Step 6.
- If not familiar with SSH, please see: http://www.wikihow.com/Use-SSH
- Decide on the user name of your team; it must follow the pattern "kws-<team>[_<site>]" (<team> or <site> can not contain - or _)
- Generate an SSH Protocol 2 Key: Either ensure you have a valid SSH Protocol 2 public/private keys or generate a pair using either '% ssh-keygen -t dsa' or '% ssh-keygen -t rsa' with a non empty passphrase of 12 or more characters.
- email 'openkws-poc at nist.gov' with the following:
- your user, site and team names
- the list of users expected to use the service with contact information (email + phone)
- Attach your public key (not inline text) to the email
- Send a list of the IP subnets that will need access to the ssh Indus server
- Change directory to the KWSEval/BABEL/Participants/Checks directory
- Execute: "./SubmissionHelper_checks.sh ../KWS14-dbDir/samples-checkfiles/Comps--107_____KWS14*"


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Pietenpol Sky Scout
|Air Scout
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|Bernard Pietenpol
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The Pietenpol Sky Scout is a parasol wing homebuilt aircraft designed by Bernard H. Pietenpol.[1]
The Sky Scout was a lower cost follow-on to the Pietenpol's first homebuilt design, the Pietenpol Air Camper. Using a lower cost Ford Model T engine, rather than the more current Ford Model A engine of the time. The aircraft was redesigned for the heavier, lower power engine by reducing it to a single person aircraft. The new pilot location required a section called a "flop" to be installed, essentially a section of the wing that was hinged up to allow the pilot to stand up when getting into and out of the aircraft.[2]
The aircraft was designed to be built of spruce and plywood. The drawings were published in the 1933 Mechanix Illustrated magazine.
On display[edit]
- A Sky Scout is on display at the Pioneer Flight Museum in Kingsbury, Texas.[3] This Scout is powered by a Model A engine. It is intended to be a flyable aircraft but for the present is only occasionally run up. The number one Pitenpol with a Model T engine can be found at the Model T Ford Club of America Model T Museum in Richmond, Indiana.
- Sky Scout N1933A on display at Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum
- Also one on display at Fountain, Minnesota Historical Center which is just 15 miles from B Pietenpol's home town of Cherry Grove. Bernard Pietenpol is also buried in Fountain.
- Claude Sessions developed a finned head modification on his Sky Scout for lighter weight air-cooling. The engine was featured in Modern Mechanics magazine in 1931 and formed the basis for the American Flea Corporation Universal 50-60 engine.[4]
- Pietenpol Air Camper
Specifications (Pietenpol Sky Scout)[edit]
Data from Sport Aviation
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Length: 16 ft 3 in (4.95 m)
- Wingspan: 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
- Height: 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m)
- Powerplant: 1 × Ford Model T engine Inline four cylnder piston
- Propellers: 2-bladed
- Maximum speed: 54 kn; 100 km/h (62 mph)
- Cruise speed: 48 kn; 89 km/h (55 mph)
- Stall speed: 30 kn; 56 km/h (35 mph)
- Rate of climb: 200 ft/min (1.0 m/s)
See also[edit]
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Fisher FP-505 Skeeter
- Heath Parasol
- Loehle Sport Parasol
- Pop's Props Cloudster
- Pop's Props Zing
- RagWing RW1 Ultra-Piet
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Pakistan is a little nation however it is dependably in the news. Sadly for the most part it is in the news for the wrong reasons however most recent version of Asian Games held in China brought parcel of uplifting news for Pakistan. Individuals of Pakistan had something to cheer for after quite a while.
Hockey is the national round of Pakistan. Dreary execution in various universal occasions has seen Pakistan's hockey getting down. It required some considerable triumph at the worldwide level to resuscitate itself. Last version of World Cup in the neighboring India saw the most exceedingly terrible execution by Pakistan's hockey group in its history. It prompted to parcel of shout.
Asian Games began and Pakistan Hockey Federation was trusting that Green Shirts would perform well in the recreations. Pakistan has not won Asian Goals since 1990. It was high time for Pakistan Hockey and players needed to convey. It was do or pass on circumstance for alliance and players.
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Congressman Bob Gibbs today released the following statement on the passage of H.R. 2055 the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act a measure that will fund the federal government through September 30, 2012:
"Today, the House passed bipartisan, bicameral legislation that will avoid a government shutdown and makes real cuts in discretionary spending for the second year in a row. In total, the Republican-led 112th Congress will have cut discretionary spending by $95 billion compared to FY 2010, the last year Congress was under Democrat control.
"This bill provides for a pay raise to our troops, stops several excessive government regulations on job creators, and speeds up the development of new American energy. Furthermore, Congress is leading by example by cutting our own budget for a third time. Most importantly, this funding bill will help reduce our deficit and get our budgets back into balance so we can create a better environment for job growth.
"It is time for the Senate Democrats to stop playing politics and adding to the uncertainty on middle class Americans. I urge the Senate to pass the bipartisan Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act which extends the payroll tax cut for a full year and extends unemployment benefits without burdening Americans suffering in the Obama economy."
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Hi Keith....to involve others let me post this response...Thanks
Question from Keith:
Can you tell me if any of the Arc Serve products allow full back up of a 'live' Lotus Domino server?
We currently use Backup Exec with Domino 7.2, but the new version of backup exec that will work with live 8.5 server has been delayed until Q1 2010 so i am looking at other options that we can use now so we can keep the server live and back it up after the update.
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The latest version of CA ARCServe Backup has an Agent for Lotus Domino that supports Lotus/Domino 8.5(without db2 and DAOS enabled).
Yes, you can backup live Lotus/Domino Server.
Please visit the following link to the Compatibility Matrix for ARCserve Backup r12.5 to check the compatibility of Agent for Lotus/Domino.
Also, you can find information about the Agent for Lotus Domino at the Link:
Please note that ARCserve Backup r12.5 includes features such as Deduplication, SRM Reporting(Dashboad), Assured Recovery and Media Assure in addition to the feature that you are presently looking at. These latest improvements to ARCserve can greatly simplify your backups.
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The Walking Dead, Season 3 Series Regular Death Scoop!08/29/2012
The Walking Dead: Scoop on a possible death in the first half of season 3
Here's some scoop on The Walking Dead from this week's (Posted on 8/28/12) Ask Ausiello column.
Question: Will a series regular die on The Walking Dead by the end of first half of Season 3? —Soso
Ausiello: I can confirm that a series regular will become zombie kibble during Season 3, but whether that death takes place in the first half or second half I can't say.
This is not a surprise. I think I even know who it is. CLUE: Read The Walking Dead comics! I know lots of you who are bothering to read this already do. So, let me break down what's going with The Walking Dead TV ratings.
The Walking Dead ratings were record breaking from the start. The Pilot of The Walking Dead premiered to 5.3 million viewers, making it AMC's most watched series premiere in its history. Not a back way to start. More impressive, The Walking Dead held onto almost 100% of its initial audience. People, I study ratings for a living, that hardly ever happens. The show premiered to 5.3 million and averaged 5.24 million viewers per new episode. That's ridiculously good for a show on cable — almost unheard of.
The second season of The Walking Dead set a new record. The 2nd season premiered to 7.3 million viewers. To put it into context, that what a Notre Dame football game does on NBC. Okay? It's excellent. Remember about 50 million more people have access to NBC than AMC — Not to mention, Football is America's Ratings King and it ain't even close. The The Walking Dead episode, 2×01 set new basic cable records in the 18-49 and 25-54 demos. The shows midseason premiere did 5.4 million viewers, another AMC record.
Here's the kicker before I move on to the next post, the season 2 finale of The Walking Dead, did 9 million viewers! Setting a new dramatic series finale record on basic cable — That's Making Ratings History, Folks. Meaning All-Time.
The show is money, and making lots of money for AMC. Let the good times role. The Walking Dead will hit the always aspirational, 5th season mark with ease. The Walking Dead Returns Sunday, October 14 at 9pm on AMC.
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PawSox and the Norfolk Tides finish in tie
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The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Norfolk Tides finished in a 2-2 tie on Wednesday afternoon in Fort Myers, FL. The PawSox had a 1-0 lead going to the top of the 8th-inning before Norfolk scored twice to take a 2-1 lead. Pawtucket pushed across the tying run with two outs in the bottom of the 9th and the game was declared a tie after 9-innings of play.
Boston Red Sox outfielder Grady Sizemore had another superb game going 3-for-4 with two singles and a double playing centerfield for the PawSox. SS Carlos Rivero had an RBI single in the 4th-inning scoring 3B Garin Cecchini (single) with the game's first run and 2B Ryan Dent delivered a clutch, 2-out RBI single in the bottom of the 9th-inning to create the 2-2 tie.
Keith Couch started and was terrific tossing 4 shutout innings allowing just 2 hits with 3 strikeouts. Chris Balcom-Miller followed with two scoreless innings. Mike Olmstead worked a scoreless 7th-inning but then gave up 2 runs in the top of the 8th on a 2-run HR by Jack Cust. Jose Valdez had a 1-2-3, 9th-inning with 1 strikeout.
The PawSox (2-3-2) will play at home against the Durham Bulls on Thursday afternoon.
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First reported as Ekaterina Epifanova
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|Catherine, Ecaterina, Ekatarina, Ekaterinacka, Ekaterinka, Ekaterinusha, Ekaterinusik, Ekatrina, Kat, Katarina, Kate, Katenka, Katerina, Kateryna, Kath, Katherin, Katherina, Kati, Katia, Katiya, Katja, Katka, Katrin, Katrina, Katty, Katuha, Katusha, Katushka, Katuska, Katy, Katya, Katysha, Ket, Ketrin, Yekaterina
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Fell in love very quickly. Corresponded for almost 2 months.
Wanted money for a Visa.
Was not keen on me travelling to Russia to meet her.
She is not registered as a scammer as far as I can see.There is another lady with a similar name.
This one gives me a funny feeling, which I am not sure about.
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Universal Ethical Principles in a Diverse Universe: A Commentary on Monshi and Zieglmayer's Case Study
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