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What with the Jets getting hotter (despite Sunday's loss) and the weather getting brutally cold, I suspect most of you are eager to find out what happened at this year's Great Manitoba Food Fight.
This is the annual competition at The Forks wherein teams of budding food scientists from the faculties of agriculture and human ecology at the University of Manitoba battle to see who has created the tastiest and most marketable new food product.
The way it works is 10 teams pitch their product ideas and provide samples to a panel of expert judges consisting of Judy Wilson, director of marketing and communication at the Asper School of Business; Dave Shambrock, executive director of the Manitoba Food Processors Association; and me.
Once again the students' high-tech culinary skills and marketing genius filled us expert judges with pride in our education system and hope for the future of democracy.
I say this because the products whipped up by the students on Friday, while not always tasty in the sense of being something you would want to swallow, were packed with antioxidants, pro-biotic bacteria and fibre, all designed to improve gastrointestinal health, lower blood pressure and slow the aging process.
This is a radical departure from when I was in school and the major concern of students was to speed up the aging process because it made it easier for us to get our hands on important educational items, such as beer.
In previous years, the student teams picked their own ingredients, but this year, out of sheer cruelty, organizers forced the competitors to pluck a random ingredient out of a hat and then build a food item around it. The first thing we judges popped into our mouths was a "Carrot Cake Oatmeal" made with powdered carrots, which, according to the students, can help prevent night blindness.
"It's a good way to have vegetables for breakfast," they said. "We think we can target this to middle-aged people." As a middle-aged person, I would say the main goal of us older persons is to find new ways to incorporate vegetables into our morning routine and then, when our wife isn't looking, wrap them in bacon.
This year, the students were more innovative than ever, proving they had grasped the single most important rule of food science: If something tastes like foam insulation, make sure you dip it in chocolate!
For instance, we consumed a Black Forest Cake that featured the mystery ingredient of soluble flax fibre. "To make it taste really good, we decided to add cocoa powder, dark-chocolate chunks and cherries," the students explained.
We judges also gobbled "Canola Chocoballs," which were essentially chocolate-coated balls of something called ground canola press cake, which looks and tastes like a product you would (a) feed to livestock, or (b) use to insulate your house.
The big winner this year was the "Sea Buckthorn Plusterz," salty pretzel clusters drizzled with white chocolate and dried sea buckthorn, a plant with magical health properties and a name that sounds, to me at least, like a menacing sawtoothed creature from the sea.
"With a name like that, you should sell them in a bag with a scary pirate on it" was my helpful marketing tip to the students. My fellow judges clearly agreed, because they responded with a chorus of: "ARRRRR!!! ARRRRRR!!!"
"I'm so surprised," Elisabeth Harms, 24, a member of the winning team, chirped later. "They're easy to eat and sea buckthorn does everything good for you. But no one knows what it is, which is why I'm so surprised."
So, thanks to all these brave young food scientists, our future has never looked brighter because -- with the possible exception of the "Pinto Bean Smoothie" -- I'm pretty sure it will be dipped in chocolate.


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text: Americans are stereotypically perceived to be trigger happy. So are American investors who are loving gun-related stocks right now. Demand for semi-automatics, assault rifles, and high capacity magazines has risen thanks to Obama's proposals for more stringent gun control. These profits may not be sustainable but in the meantime… [Related: Dark Side of 3D Printing: Gun Prints Are Becoming More Advanced] Sales of firearms at Sturm, Ruger & Company (RGR) were up 60% in the first nine months. The company's backlog continues to shrink as demand continues to surge. Smith & Wesson (SWHC) provides firearms to law enforcement officials but it has seen similar rallys. RGR was up 7.17% this week while SWHC was up 3.62%. Alliant (ATK) manufacturers military grade weaponry and has seen its shares appreciate a good 34.93% in the past 6 months. And what's the point of these weapons without ammunition? Olin (OLN) is the main player in ammunition. It has experienced steady revenue thanks to ongoing wars but continues to be dedicated to ammo. Infographic chart: Press the play button to see how 1-year return has changed over the past two years. As you can see, the sector has fared well. This and other free tools provided by Kapitall. Investors looking to diversify will find haven in distributors of the above goodies. Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS), Cabela's (CAB), and Wal-mart (WMT) are the big retailers stocking (and restocking) highly sought-after rifles and accessories. Maybe it's the Annie Oakley in us. The following infographic by Kapitall sheds light on trends in gun sales:


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Christian rock band known for diverse musical style
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Christian rock does not necessarily equal mellow rock. Bands on this War of Change tour bill will prove it. Ontario, Canada-bred Thousand Foot Krutch has taken its metal and rap/metal straight to its Christian base and to secular listeners and won fans in both. TFK is touring with its latest album, "The End is Where We Begin." It's likely TFK listened to some Korn. It's fitting, then, that Korn co-founder, the band's former guitarist, Brian "Head" Welch, is leading his crew, Love & Death, over the rock hurdles at Josabi's. Love & Death will feature music from its debut album "Between Here & Lost."
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WINNIPEG — The rationing of Dustin Byfuglien's minutes this week is not being passed off as some co-incidence.
The big Winnipeg Jets' defenceman played a season-low 15 minutes, 55 seconds Thursday in a 4-1 loss in Montreal when coach Claude Noel moved him from forward back to defence during the game, then sat him on the bench for a long stretch to end the night.
Saturday, when the Jets rebounded to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 at the MTS Centre, Byfuglien's minutes went up, but not by much.
He played regularly, but only 17:48, again well below his season average 24:22.
"It felt like I was sitting around a lot," Byfuglien said this morning after an optional skate at the MTS Centre. "It wasn't my decision. It was theirs."
This morning, Noel didn't plead ignorance on the matter, like he sometimes does on issues or injuries.
"Well, whatever," was his response to Byfuglien's minutes. "It's what we deemed he needed or we needed. We won the game.
"He didn't need to play 30 to win or to lose. Charlie (Huddy, Jets assistant coach) is the one who managed the minutes with the defence.
"A lot of it's dictated by a lot of different things. You're trying to win the game, first of all. You do what you have to do. His play's been so-so, so that's how it goes."
Four times this season the Jets have used Byfuglien more than 28 minutes in a game. He still remains their highest-scoring defenceman, with 21 points.
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What would YOU do if an apartment dweller w no access to an outdoor grill or smoker wrote asking if there were any way to cook a decent brisket indoors?
Shrug with pity? Or try to help him out.
Call me a boy scout, but I did the latter?
What would YOU do?
Hi, David,
While there's no substitute for smoking brisket in a pit outdoors, there's are some things you can do to improve your results indoors.
1. Invest in an indoor smoker, like the Camerons stovetop smoker-cooker.
2. Use a barbecue rub—preferably a smoky rub like my Best of Barbecue Kansas City Rub (made w smoked salt). Available in our store.
3. Braise the brisket indoors. Add a drop of liquid smoke to the braising liquid.
4. Baste the brisket with melted butter fortified with a drop of liquid smoke.
5. Brush with a smoky barbecue sauce and sizzle under the broiler just before serving.
5. Pick up a copy of my Raichlen's Indoor Grilling book (Workman Publishing). There's a recipe for Texas brisket indoors in the beef chapter.
Let us know how it works out.


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Today is Reformation Sunday, and so of course we sang Martin Luther's famous hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God. I found this great video of it on YouTube and so decided I would share.
Martin Luther was passionate about God's people trusting in faith alone in the grace of God alone as revealed by His Word alone. I am thankful for his service.


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My goal is to create a fake AP using airbase, dhcpd3, iptables and set to spoof all connections and direct all website hits to my computer and one specific page. I've got all of it down except the redirection to the local page. I've looked and looked, though I've yet to find a set of iptables that will actually redirect. For example, my understanding is that this "iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to 10.0.0.1", where 10.0.0.1 is my at0 ip address, should redirect from my readings, though all has been no go. Attacker is a mac pappy with 10.8 using VMWare Fusion with a Linksys USB. Target is a Mac desktop running 10.8
I'm avoiding using DNSSPOOF since I've had poor luck with it. If I can get to the point of redirecting like a router would if you were on a guest network, that would be right where I want to be.
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History Of Low Wage Work
For generations, Americans shared a tacit understanding that if you worked hard, a livable income and basic securities would be yours. That promise has been broken. Today, more than 30 million men and women in this country work in jobs that pay poverty wages and provide few if any benefits.
A large body of research amassed over the past decade clearly demonstrates that the structural changes to the U.S. economy over the past 20 years resulting from globalization, industry deregulation and the computerization of the workforce have led to harsh working conditions, reduced benefits, and fewer opportunities for advancement for workers in low-wage jobs.
Workers in low-wage jobs are the least likely to be provided health care coverage for themselves and their families; they cannot afford the premiums on their own, so most do without. Sick pay, family leave and retirement benefits are virtually nonexistent. Their jobs leave these workers little flexibility to care for their children, quality childcare during "regular" business hours is unaffordable for most, and finding childcare during their many nighttime shifts is an even greater challenge.
Low-wage workplaces are often physically damaging and emotionally degrading. High injury rates and unsafe conditions plague these locations, compounding the risks for workers without health insurance. With few opportunities for training or advancement, most are locked into these low-wage jobs. That these conditions continue to erode Americans' most cherished values of fairness, personal responsibility, hard work and perseverance, and sends the message that work does not pay. Failure to address this issue not only hurts these workers' families, it erodes the functioning of American's communities, its economy and our very notion of what democracy can achieve.
The Story of Low-Wage Work
Following World War II, economic growth in the United States meant a shared prosperity as tens of millions of American workers moved into an emerging middle class. Starting in the mid-1970s, however, real wages stopped growing and even declined for certain groups in the labor force. This was a marked reversal from the postwar economic boom. In fact, the fortunes of those in the bottom rungs of the labor market declined drastically. Between 1973 and 1993, the real income of the lowest 20th percent of workers fell nearly 12 percent.
Today, one out of four workers in the United States holds a job that pays less than $8.70 an hour (around $18,100 per year working full-time), which is the official poverty line for a family of four. Most experts estimate that it takes double that amount for families to make ends meet. Although the United States still leads the world in overall prosperity and productivity, the American way of organizing work and rewarding workers no longer provides many hardworking families a piece of the American dream.
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linguoboy wrote:Sobekhotep wrote:Delodephius wrote:Arabic was independently used in Belarus by the Muslim Tatars
But Tatar is a Turkic language.
I assumed he meant "when writing Slavic".
I don't make assumptions. Everybody knows what happens when you make an assumption...
Delodephius wrote:Do you always have to nitpick? Try to figure out what I meant if I made a mistake, because I don't always pay that much attention to what I write.
Right, so if you make a mistake I'm supposed to try to figure out what you really meant? Because I'm a mind-reader, right?


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A good machinist is somewhat like a soothsayer, except the tools of the trade in this case are metal chips rather than bones or tea leaves. Yet according to Seco Tools' Todd Miller, even those who understand the wealth of knowledge that can be gained from examining the shavings left over from a milling operation often overlook one key factor: the importance of average chip thickness.
As indicated by the video above, the results of attaining the correct average chip thickness for a particular insert speak for themselves. The first cut is a full slotting application—that is, 100 percent of the tool diameter is engaged. Each subsequent cut reduces the tool's engagement. Note that the sound generated by the cutting action is virtually indistinguishable at every level below 100 percent. That's because cutting parameters have been set with the goal of maintaining the same average chip thickness regardless of radial engagement.
Mr. Miller says aiming for that goal can go a long way toward alleviating problems with premature insert failure, poor surface finish, work hardening, vibration or deflection. Here's why.


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Dreams came true for a young ballet dancer from Worcester Park.
Katie Quick, 12, was selected at an audition in February this year from more than 200 young hopefuls to perform with professional dancers at Bromley Churchill Theatre.
Miss Quick will dance the role of a Parlour Maid in the ballet, a haunting adaptation of Giselle.
All the young dancers in the cast will dance alongside English Youth Ballet international principal artists in a professional production. They will gain an insight into what life is like as a professional ballet dancer.
Miss Quick will dance alongside some of the most exciting young talent in the area.
The dancers are preparing to thrill the audiences in Bromley Churchill theatre.
The three performances will take from August 15 to 16 with the English Youth Ballet.


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Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:
"The Cat Piano," Eddie White and Ari Gibson, directors (The People's Republic of Animation)
"French Roast," Fabrice O. Joubert, director (Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films)
"Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty," Nicky Phelan, director, and Darragh O'Connell, producer (Brown Bag Films)
"The Kinematograph," Tomek Baginski, director-producer (Platige Image)
"The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)," Javier Recio Gracia, director (Kandor Graphics and Green Moon)
"Logorama," Nicolas Schmerkin, producer (Autour de Minuit)
"A Matter of Loaf and Death," Nick Park, director (Aardman Animations Ltd.)
"Partly Cloudy," Peter Sohn, director (Pixar Animation Studios)
"Runaway," Cordell Barker, director (National Film Board of Canada)
"Variete," Roelof van den Bergh, director (il Luster Productions)
The Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee viewed all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting in screenings held in New York and Los Angeles.
Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist. Branch screenings will be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in January 2010.
The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre.
10 Animated Shorts Advance For Oscars
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"A Matter of Loaf and Death" will win. I haven't seen any of the other ones, nor heard of them. But I just have a feeling Nick Park will be triumphant once again.
How can you even comment on an animation Oscar article without having heard of Partly Cloudy? It was shown before Pixar's Up in movie theaters, and if you haven't even seen Up…
This is great news for Pixar which has a great tradition for winning the Oscar for BEST ANIMATED SHORT. If you would like to learn more about PARTLY CLOUDY and the acclaimed animation company check out this link:
Up! for Best Film. Partly Cloudy for Best Animated Short. Up! The Soundtrack by Michael Giacchino for Best Score.
I'm sad to see that 'Mary and Max' didn't get nominated.
'Mary and Max' is a feature, this list is for short animations only.
that was for feature, maya
Mary and Max is a feature film, not a short film
Maya – this is best animated short, not best animated film. Mary and Max is a full-length film. dont worry, it still has a shot.
I think "Kinematograph" should win
How does Loaf and Death qualify for a short, isn't it over an hour long?
Loaf and Death is 30 minutes. I've seen all the films and I think the strongest contenders are the Nick Parks' film, Runaway and Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty.


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Kim & Kourtney Kardashian in Bikinis
WARNING! Do not stare directly into the Kim Kardashian ass. Do not attempt to adjust your monitors to make the ass look bigger. Any small children or pets sucked into the ass are not the responsibility of The Superficial nor its non-existent shareholders. During your viewing, the ass may make predictions of the future. The Superficial makes no claim to the validity of these predictions, but any predictions regarding the location of "The Cube" are to be deemed credible and reported to the authorities. Also, Kourtney Kardashian lost a lot of weight, didn't she? Goddamn.
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BOOK lovers are reminded that Malvern Library services will be unavailable from Tuesday, March 18, while building work is carried out to prepare for the opening of the job centre there.
Registration services will also be unavailable, but the Worcestershire Hub will be open as usual from 9am to 5pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and 9.30am to 5pm on Wednesday.
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Caring for Someone with Lupus
Are you a caregiver for someone with lupus–a spouse, parent, child or friend? Because lupus is a lifelong battle full of ups and downs, with periods of health cut short by flare-ups, the uncertainty of the disease can affect your life just as much as it does the life of the person with lupus.
As a caregiver, there may be times when you need to make personal sacrifices, placing someone else's needs above your own. That said, you should always be aware of your own health needs as well–for mind and body. Follow these positive steps for coping with the challenges of lupus, so that you give the best care to your loved one–and yourself.
Learn about lupus: Information is a powerful tool. It can help you communicate better with the doctors. Learn as much as you can from trustworthy sources. While the internet is a great tool, always check your sources to make sure the information is accurate and up-to-date.
Ask for help: You can't do it all. If someone offers you help, be it a friend, family member or a support organization like the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation, take it!
Look to your community: There are places and people ready to help you. Community outreach centers, like the Lupus Cooperative of New York, can help in a number of ways, from crisis intervention, doctor referrals, and support groups to educational materials and entitlement assistance.
Set limits: Every case is different, but it's important to know how much time you can give to the person you are caring for, and when you need to think about other people or organizations that can help out.
Enjoy life: Keep in touch with friends and stay involved with your own interests. If you don't have the time to meet up with friends, call or email them. Focus on life outside of the caregiver role.
Above all, try to appreciate the time you spend with the person you care for. Stay focused–find ways to remind yourself why you are doing it.
Common Question:
Since my wife was diagnosed with lupus, I have had a hard time dealing with the changes in our lives. How can I best be supportive of her while dealing with my own fears and doubts?
Suggestion: It is hard to see someone you love sick, especially when you have no control over the course of their illness. Lupus can put stress on your marriage and family. Getting the wrong ideas about lupus (the person is just lazy or imagining symptoms) can lead to anger and rob the person with lupus of needed support.
The good news is that lupus can bring you closer if dealt with thoughtfully. Learn everything you can about lupus together. Doing this leads to shared understanding and open communication, with greater freedom to talk about feelings, hopes, fears, doubts, frustrations–and even guilt. Focus on the person, not the disease. Your support makes all the difference.


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Here are the links to get it. Free. No catches. No gimmicks.
From Aug 24th through Aug 28th I Didn't Mean to be Kevin: a novel will be FREE on Kindle.
Shortlink: http://cjrlit.com/FreeKevin
Longlink: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0088QLPFM/
Though, okay, one kinda catch. You don't have to, but if you are cool with spreading the word however you are most comfortable doing so, that would be amazing. Are you best at blogging? Then blog. Do you work best by brevity? Then tweet. Are you having fun with the new Facebook timeline feature? Then post a Facebook message. Call your congress person. Tell a stranger.
Here are a few sample messages to help (if you are of the Twitter persuasion). Expand on these if you want. Link to your own reviews.
- FREE until 8/29. I Didn't Mean to be Kevin by @calebjross. PW says it's like Palahniuk and Alexie. PW is right. http://cjrlit.com/FreeKevin
- RT (please): Get I Didn't Mean to be Kevin: a novel FREE until 8/29. No catches. Just a damn good book. http://cjrlit.com/FreeKevin
- For those with morbid interests in displayed body parts, I Didn't Mean to be Kevin: a novel is FREE until 8/29. http://cjrlit.com/FreeKevin
- I Didn't Mean to be Kevin novel FREE until 8/29. These people like it: @paulGtremblay @PublishersWkly http://cjrlit.com/FreeKevin
What do you get out of it?
A free book, of course. And the respect of your newly gift-receiven friends. It feels good to give something to a friend. Also, for anyone interested, I'm going to post the daily(ish) download count on my blog (www.calebjross.com). I'll also write up a few notes about what I did during the week (I may put some ads on Facebook, for example; I'm not sure yet). For those of you familiar with my blog, you may know that I am a data nerd at heart, so I enjoy trying out book salesy things and then blogging about the (un)success. Here's a list of such posts: http://www.calebjross.com/book-marketing-tests-and-studies/. The first day's results have already been posted, here: http://www.calebjross.com/tests-and-studies/free-kindle-ebook-promotion-...
I hope everyone takes this post as the sincere giveaway that it is and not as a shitty marketing message. After all, I'm giving these books away for FREE, meaning, I'm making exactly $0.


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Sunitha and her 4 year-old son were dependent on and living with her parents since she was widowed. Her father, a fruit vendor, earned only Rs. 200/- per day and they struggled to make ends meet.
Since October 2008, they were displaced several times and after moving around for several months, they finally ended up in Kathirkamar Welfare Centre at Cheddikulam, Sri Lanka in April 2009.
In May 2010 Sunitha and her family were able to return to their home in Paranthan, which had turned into a jungle during their time away. They worked hard to transform it back into land suitable for arable farming. During this time, the NGO World Vision provided Sunitha and her son temporary housing.
The Lebara Foundation became aware of Sunitha's story and built her a permanent house where she is now able to bring up her son, who is going to a nursery school run by the Holy Cross nuns. She is now making her own living as a tailor, so is no longer dependent on her parents.


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I think this is my first post. I have one of Steven's books and love his cooking. I just changed grills to a used 30" Lynx with infrared burner and rotisserie. I just got all new tools (from this site) and LOVE them. I use mostly Japanese handmade knives in my kitchen and LOVE them also. I don't use many gadgets, so I put money where I'll use it the most. I've been cooking since I was 5. I also have a water smoker that I'll use a few times a year.
My name is from the fact that I grew up and live again in CT. I went to Oklahoma University (Boomer Sooner, which is also the name of my grill). You can do the math, lol.
I post a ton on oufans.com, foodieforums.com (knife section) and a variety of woodworking sites (another hobby).


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WEST LANCASHIRE LEAGUE: Report round-up on the Bolton teams
7:20am Tuesday 29th April 2014
By Craig Nelson
7:20am Tuesday 29th April 2014
By Craig Nelson
TEMPEST United assistant manager Gary Westhead is praying neighbours Eagley can come to their rescue after his side finished their season with a frustrating 1-1 draw at home to Crooklands Casuals.
Ben Hide put Tempest ahead in the 30th minute from a Sean Rothwell corner, but the home side gave away a needless penalty five minutes later and could not get their noses back in front.
The result left them one place and one point outside the Premier Division relegation places after finishing their league programme.
The bottom two sides – Vickerstown and Norcoss & Warbreck - both have two games remaining.
Two points for basement club Norcross would see them finish above Tempest, while Vickerstown only need one point to leapfrog them.
"We really needed to win on Saturday to give ourselves a chance, but Vickerstown's next match is against Eagley so hopefully they will do us a favour for a change," joked Westhead.
"It was bad communication from us to give a sloppy penalty away after taking the lead, but we really couldn't have done any more to force the win.
"I would say every player had a chance to score in the final 20 minutes. We hit the bar and the post and even our goalkeeper, Craig Tebay, had a good header saved.
"If we do go down, it won't be because of this result. We had to rebuild the squad in the summer and it took them time for the new players to gel. We went eight games without a win or even a goal from September to November. It is easy to say now, but if we could have just picked up a few points during that run then we wouldn't be in this situation."
Eagley will go into the game at Vickerstown on Saturday on the back of a 4-4 draw at Thornton Cleveleys.
Goals from Heath Ainscow, Josh Lee and Nick Haynes, plus an own goal, were cancelled out by a hat-trick for the home side's Jason Rawcliffe and a strike from Phil Smith.
The point ensured Simon Howarth's side stay fifth with two games remaining.
In the First Division, an under-strength Turton side fell to a shock 3-0 defeat at bottom club Millom, who picked up only their second victory at home all season.
Manager Neil Johnson admitted resting a number of key players ahead of last night's Hospital Cup semi-final against Hindsford, but said Millom fully deserved their win, despite a number of debatable refereeing decisions.
Bolton County also rested key players for their trip to Lytham Town ahead of tomorrow night's Kenyon Cup final against Walshaw Sports at Bury's JD Stadium.
Despite fielding a number of youngsters, Henry Chapman's sixth-placed side opened the scoring with a Liam Short header but went on to concede four before Liam Stewart bagged a late consolation goal to make it 4-2.
CMB striker Michael McGinley continued his recent fine run of form, scoring twice in the second half in their 2-0 win at Furness Cavaliers.
The victory moved the Lostock side up to seventh in Division Two with one game remaining and ended their fifth-placed hosts' chances of promotion.
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Young cyclists in Otley are celebrating a spate of recent victories.
In June, Otley Cycle Club member Jake Powell triumphed in the British Junior Mountain Bike Orienteering Championship at Mabie Forest, in Scotland - repeating his success of 2013.
There was more success for the club's junior riders in the British Schools Cycling Association's Yorkshire Roller Racing Championships. Four year old Daniel Middlebrooke took second place in the Under 7s boys event, while Kitty
Quin dominated all the races in the Under 7s girls class to become Yorkshire Champion.
Emily Middlebrooke also put in three impressive performances in the Under 9s girls race, recording times that were faster than nearly all the boys, but lost out in the final ride-off for the gold medal.
And in the Under 9s boys races James Luxton and Zachary Quin tied for second place, with Zachary winning - by just three tenths of a second - in the ride-off.
The club also enjoyed further achievements at the BSCA National Grass Track championships at Roundhay Park last month, where three of its riders became national champions - Megan Cullen (Under 13 girls), Zoe Kitching (Under 15 girls), and Tom Cullen (Under 15 boys).


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Hey guys, after a few apt-get updates, and editing my /etc/default/grub (to suit the nvidia card, optimus tech), my screen has become cut off on the right and replaced back over on the left... its weird, i would post a screen shot, but ksnapshot takes a normal looking screen shot.. hmmm
Anyways, heres a few outputs of configs to have a quick read over to see if anything is causing the problem.
Code:# bare-bones XFree86 config to start the server in probe-only mode Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc" RgbPath "/etc/X11/rgb.txt" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" EndSection Section "Module" Load "bitmap" Load "dbe" Load "ddc" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "int10" Load "record" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Device" Driver "Generic Driver" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Generic Device" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1336x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Generic Mouse" EndSection
Code:# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update # /boot/grub/grub.cfg. GRUB_DEFAULT=0 #GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text video=i915:modeset=1 i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 i915.lvds_downclock=1 i915.$ GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) #GRUB_TERMINAL=console # The resolution used on graphical terminal # note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE # you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo' GRUB_GFXMODE=1336x768 # Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true # Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true" # Uncomment to get a beep at grub start #GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
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Hey guys,
What would be the best way to detect if a user has closed the session with my site? I need to update a database table field for a user when he or she exits the browser. Kind of like an online offline system.
To log off, they can either click log off (which is easy to detect), or close their browser (assuming they didn't click "stay logged in" upon logging in) which is hard to detect. So the latter is what I need help with.
There is no way to tell the difference between them closing the browser and simply leaving your site.
The only way to detect when either of those occurs (without being able to tell which one) is to use an ajax script in the page that polls the server at set time intervals (eg. one minute), then when the appropriate period has passed without the server being polled you know they have left your site.
Most servers are configured to cancel a session after a set amount of time if it isn't cancelled prior to that - a common setting is 2 hours meaning that anyone still logged in after 2 hours would be asked to log in again.
You could use onunload, but that's not totally reliable and still won't completely achieve what you're looking to do. Plus, it's client side so you'd still need ajax.
You could try using sessions and cron. Set a session (or cookie) when a user logs in and every time they access a page you could update a mysql table with the user ID and time of access. Then run a cron job every x amount of minutes or hours and check that table. If you detect dates past a certain number of minutes or hours then deem them offline and update the table.
Just be careful with this on a busy site. Make it as efficient as possible to avoid bottlenecks. You'd probably want to use innodb for the table.
onunload only runs once the page actually starts unloading so the ajax script would likely already be gone before the script execution got that far.
onbeforeunload is a proprietary event that runs before the page starts unloading in those few browsers that support it but as it is mostly used to produce those annoying "are you sure you want to leave" messages a lot of people disable it even in the browsers that do support it. Even then you'd still need ajax and so to get it to work in the browsers that don't have onbeforeunload you'd need to use some form of polling.
onunload is okay to use with ajax BUT the ajax call has to be synchronous. The ajax call would be gone if it was asynchronous.
Depending on how fast the page unloads the script may or may not get as far as the code to make the ajax call - whether that call is synchronous or asynchronous makes no difference as the page will definitely have unloaded before the server could respond.
Here is how I have dealt with this in the past.
First you have to have a MySQL table, lets call it Sessions (with at least a session_id column and a last_activity_date column, you can add additional columns)Next you INSERT a record into this table storing the session id of the user session_id() and a date/time stamp (using MySQL function NOW()).As the browse your site you update that record's last_activity_date column.At the same time, you have either a cronjob running or a second query run on every page that queries the Sessions table checking for a date/time stamp that is more than X minutes ago.Example: session_id 123456 last_activity_date reports 2012-10-04 11:00:00 and it is now 2012-10-04 11:15:00, so 15 minutes have passed with no interaction.Now do whatever you wanted to do with those records.


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Cable Pioneer
A glance at Robert Scanlon's résumé reveals some of the biggest names in cable television: HBO, ESPN, the NFL Network. As common as those channels are in American households these days, they all had humble beginnings. And Scanlon has been at the root of each.
"My career path—through no grand design, believe me—has been a series of what have turned out to be very successful network startups, launches, and rebrands," Scanlon says.
Scanlon '74 joined Home Box Office in 1977, during the station's first few years of national distribution via satellite. At that time it was an extension of Manhattan Cable, owned by Time-Life Inc., and he recalls being the only customer using RCA's Satcom1 satellite, which occupied three of 21 transponders. By the time he joined the fledgling ESPN in 1979 as one of its first 35 employees, the market hadn't expanded much.
"It was very low penetration back in those days," he says. "Most of cable was just retransmitting local signals."
That would change during the '80s, though, and Scanlon helped lead the way at ESPN. He describes the first half of the decade as a "free-for-all" in terms of the techniques being used. For example, he recalls cutting teases during the NCAA basketball championships using Van Halen's popular single "Jump."
"We didn't pay any license fee!" he recalls with incredulity. "Certainly the band didn't care! It was off the album 1984, and they were thrilled to have their music on the air."
That "anything goes" environment also allowed for the creation of now commonplace techniques in sports coverage, such as cutting away from one game to another with more compelling action.
"We didn't ask the NCAA if we could do it. We just did it," Scanlon says. "We'd say 'Look, this game's a blowout. Let's go over there. There's 30-seconds on the clock; the game's tied. Let's go see what happens.'"
"I'm very proud that we kind of changed the way sports was televised in terms of getting people to the best action there was at the time," he says.
In the 2000s, Scanlon helped get the NFL Network off the ground and joined Discovery Communications, where in 2011 he became senior vice president of Velocity, a network he helped rebrand to target affluent men with a passion for cars. He is now general manager of Velocity. This fall, the network premiered a four-part documentary two years in the making that follows actor Patrick Dempsey in his bid to race in the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Scanlon's work at Velocity is the continuation of well over 30 years in the industry, during which he's won four Tellys and nine Emmy Awards, including one for outstanding live sports series. Whether his career has had a grand design or not, he still thrills in the process of creating and rebranding: homing in on the audience, defining the economic model, developing the image and attitude of a network, selecting the on-air talent, and refining the programming.
"I often tell people it's the only fun really left in this business. And that's not entirely true; I'm being tongue in cheek. But it's not entirely untrue, either, because it is a blast to do."


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From the Rangers:
December 31, 2009 – New York Rangers 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (Game #40, Road #20)
• The Blueshirts defeated the Carolina Hurricanes, 2-1, tonight at RBC Center to improve to 5-1-1 (11 pts.) in their last seven games.
• The Rangers are now 19-17-4 (42 pts.) overall, including an 11-7-2 (24 pts.) mark on the road.
• Henrik Lundqvist made 17 saves to improve to 17-14-4 on the season and 10-5-2 away from MSG; Lundqvist has held opponents to two or fewer goals in 10 of his last 13 contests, and has started each of the Rangers last 14 games.
• Erik Christensen registered two points (one goal and one assist) and five shots in 20:27 of icetime; his power play goal at 17:36 of the first period was his first point as a Ranger, and his assist on Brandon Dubinsky's game-winner was his 100th career NHL point.
• Brandon Dubinsky notched the game-winning goal at 11:49 of the third period; he now has six points (four goals and two assists) in the last five games.
• Marian Gaborik tallied two assists and led all forwards with 21:30 of icetime; Gaborik has now registered a team-high 17 multi-point performances on the season.
• Ales Kotalik recorded an assist on Christensen's power play goal, and finished with five shots on net; he is currently tied for ninth in the NHL with 12 power play assists.
• Defenseman Dan Girardi led the team with four blocked shots; Brian Boyle tied his season-high with a team-high five hits.
• Head Coach John Tortorella coached his 600th career NHL game, improving to 270-250-37-43 overall and 31-28-1-5 with the Rangers.
• Rangers prospects Derek Stepan (USA) and Roman Horak (Czech Republic) each collected one assist today at the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship; Team USA Captain Stepan is now tied for second in tournament scoring with nine points (three goals and six assists) in four games, and Horak has registered two points (one goal and one assist) in four games.
• The Blueshirts practice schedule for tomorrow, January 1, is 1:00 p.m. at the MSG Training Center.
• The Rangers return to action on Saturday, January 2, when they will face-off against the Carolina Hurricanes at Madison Square Garden (1:00 p.m.), to close out their home-and-home set; the game will be televised live on MSG Network and can be heard on 1050 ESPN Radio.


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Natural History Study of Patients With Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIB (MPS IIIB, Sanfilippo Syndrome Type B)
This study has been completed.
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: January 10, 2012
Last updated: November 24, 2014
Last verified: November 2014
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Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the natural course of disease progression in Mucopolysaccharidosis Type III (MPS IIIB) patients who are untreated to identify potential surrogate endpoints that may be utilized in future treatment trials of MPS IIIB using predefined assessments including standardized clinical, biochemical, neurocognitive, developmental, and imaging measures.
|Sanfilippo Syndrome Type B
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|An Observational Prospective Natural History Study of Patients With Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIB (MPS IIIB, Sanfilippo Syndrome Type B)
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: mucopolysaccharidosis type III
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Mucopolysaccharidosis Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIB Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Shire:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- evaluate the course of disease progression in patients with MPS IIIB who are untreated with any investigational products to inform possible future treatment studies [ Time Frame: 13 months ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
blood (plasma and serum), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), urine
|Study Start Date:
|March 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
No treatment
This is a longitudinal, prospective, observational, natural history study of patients with MPS IIIB to identify endpoints that may be used for future ERT trials via standardized clinical, biochemical, neurocognitive, developmental, behavioral and imaging measures
Detailed Description:
This is a multicenter longitudinal, prospective, natural history study of patients with MPSIIIB designed to identify potential surrogate endpoints that may be utilized in future Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) trials of MPS IIIB via defined assessments including standardized clinical, biochemical, neurocognitive, development, and imaging measures.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|1 Year to 10 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Patients with a documented diagnosis of MPS IIIB and who are currently untreated with investigational products (drugs/device) for this disease. Patient must also be ≥ 1 year and < 10 years of age with an age equivalent on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS) of ≥ 1 year.
Inclusion Criteria:
Each patient must meet all of the following criteria to be enrolled in this study.
Definitive diagnosis of MPS IIIB, as determined by one of the following:
- Documented deficiency in alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAGLU) enzyme activity of ≤10% of the lower limit of the normal range as measured in fibroblasts, leukocytes, plasma, or serum (based on normal range for diagnosis of MPS IIIB). Patients who do not already have a documented deficiency of NAGLU activity will provide a blood sample during screening for determination of NAGLU activity level in their serum. OR
- Two documented mutations in the NAGLU gene. Patients who do not already have a documented genotype of NAGLU will provide a blood sample during screening for NAGLU genotyping.
- The patient is ≥1 and < 10 years of age and has an age equivalent on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS) of ≥1 year
- The patient is medically stable, in the opinion of the Investigator, to accommodate the protocol requirements, including travel and assessments, without placing an undue burden on the patient/patient's family.
- The patient, patient's parent(s) or legal guardian(s) has voluntarily signed and dated an Institutional Review Board/Independent Ethics Committee-approved informed consent (assent if applicable) form after all relevant aspects of the study have been explained and discussed with the patient, the patient's parent(s), or legal guardian(s).Exclusion Criteria:
Patients will be excluded from the study if they meet any of the following criteria at screening:
- Presence of significant non-MPS IIIB related central nervous system (CNS) impairment or behavioral disturbances, sufficient, in the opinion of the Investigator, to preclude performance of study neurocognitive and developmental testing procedures, or that would confound the scientific integrity or interpretation of study assessments.
- Visual or hearing impairment sufficient to preclude cooperation with neurodevelopmental testing.
- Patient has a known or suspected hypersensitivity to anesthesia or is thought to be at an unacceptable risk from anesthesia, due to airway compromise or other conditions, in the opinion of the Investigator.
- Personal history or family history of neuroleptic malignant syndrome, malignant hyperthermia, or other anesthesia-related concerns.
- History of poorly controlled seizure disorder.
- Currently receiving psychotropic or other medications, which in the Investigator's opinion would be likely to substantially confound test results.
- History of bleeding disorder, inability to abstain from medications that affect blood clotting(e.g., aspirin, Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs)), or history of their ingestion within 1 week prior to a lumbar puncture.
- History of complications from previous lumbar punctures that, in the opinion of the Investigator, place the patient at increased risk from this procedure.
- The patient is participating, plans to participate, or participated in a clinical trial of another investigational medicinal product, or has received a vaccination, within the 30 days prior to the study or for less than 5 half lives (whichever is longer) of the investigational product.
- History of hematopoietic stem cell or bone marrow transplant.
- Unable to assent, or the patient's parent(s) or patient's legal guardian(s) is/are unable to understand the nature, scope, and possible consequences of the study, or do/does not agree to comply with the protocol defined schedule of assessments.
- Patient is unable to comply with the protocol (e.g., has a clinically relevant medical condition making implementation of the protocol difficult, unstable social situation, or otherwise unlikely to complete the study) or is, in the opinion of the Investigator, otherwise unsuited for the study.
- The patient has any item (braces, tattoos, etc) which would exclude the patient from being able to undergo MRI according to local Institutional Policy, or the patient has any other situation that would exclude the patient from undergoing any other procedure required in this study.
- The patient is pregnant.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01509768
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01509768
|United States, California
|Children's Hospital and Research Center
|Oakland, California, United States, 94609-1809
|United States, Minnesota
|University of Minnesota
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55454
|Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center
|Mainz, Germany, 55131
|United Kingdom
|Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
|London, United Kingdom, WC1N 3JH
Sponsors and Collaborators
|Study Director:
|Ann Barbier, M.D.
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|Study First Received:
|January 10, 2012
|Last Updated:
|November 24, 2014
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Mucopolysaccharidosis III
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Connective Tissue Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
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In my new day job at Alpha Software, one of my responsibilities is to explore ways to expand the reach of the company's products. One of the first projects to fall into my lap was load testing a prototype Web application built by Scott Lines, a programmer at a 600-store specialty retailer and a knowledgeable user of Alpha development products. What Scott needed was, first, proof that his application could scale on Alpha's newest Web application server, and second, an estimate of the size of the server farm that would handle the load from all 600 stores at once.
When I was at PC Pitstop 10 years ago, our load testing was done for free, sort of. What happened was that Leo Laporte liked our site, and every once in a while he would demonstrate it on his TechTV show. Hundreds and sometimes thousands of PC users would follow along on their computers at home. At first, this would slow our site to an unusable crawl; later, as we refined our database indexes and our program logic and added another Web server behind a load balancer, this massive load would only increase our response times by some small percentage. In other words, we learned to make our application scale.
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The current Web load-testing software landscape ranges from a bunch of free open source projects, such as OpenSTA and Apache JMeter, with varying quirks and deficiencies, to a few very expensive products with all the bells and whistles you would ever need, such as HP LoadRunner. As it happened, while I was looking at free load-testing products, the PR firm for French load-testing vendor Neotys contacted me at my InfoWorld address about reviewing or discussing their product, NeoLoad. I explained about my day job and my fortuitous need to do a proof-of-concept load test; the company eventually decided to support the idea.
Birth of a Web farm
The next step was for us to find enough hardware to perform a meaningful test. Through the good offices of Clive Swanepoel, president of ZebraHost, we got a week's access to a decent-sized server, installed Windows Server 2008 R2 on it, enabled Hyper-V, and created 10 VMs: eight for Web servers, one for MySQL, and one for NeoLoad. After installing and configuring the software on each VM, we set up a load-balancing switch with session affinity to balance the eight Web servers into a Web farm.
Rebecca Clinard of Neotys, USA, gave me a quick orientation on NeoLoad and took charge of setting up and running the tests. Becky, Scott, and I dialed in for a conference call and got the initial scripting and setup done for one Web server in a couple of hours using a trial NeoLoad license.
When a temporary 1,000-simulated-user license came through, we set up a test with all eight Web servers, but quickly found that all of the load was going to the first server. Becky recognized that as a common problem with "sticky" switches and asked Clive to set up seven more virtual IP addresses for the NeoLoad VM so that the load would be distributed. Her part of the setup change only took a few minutes when we reconvened the next day.
Proof of concept
We ran an initial load test and discovered a problem in the scalability, which both Becky and I thought was probably a thread-starvation condition. Even though I was new in my job, I was familiar enough with the application server to be able to change the maximum thread setting. I doubled it and crossed my fingers, as neither Becky, the server, nor the 1,000-user license would be available to do a full variational study.


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Welcome to Sherwood Club Kemer, a five star, ultra all inclusive, holiday village retreat. The property is set within the gorgeous area of the Taurus Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea in Kemer, Turkey.
The Club features 406 rooms which provide the perfect setting for relaxation. If more relaxation is needed, head over to the spa and be pampered from head to toe. The unique dining venues offer everything from delicious entrees, sweet pastries and refreshing cocktails. The versatile meeting and event spaces is ideal for social occasions. There are many activities to do throughout the day at the Club. The main pool is located alongside the beach, while there are convenient pools located between the villas. The jungle theme aqua park offers many waterslides to explore. Be sure to catch a show in the evening presented by the talented animation team.
Sherwood Club Kemer is the perfect holiday village retreat where there is something to do for everyone.


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WILMINGTON, DE--May 24, 2013: Axalta Coating Systems, formerly DuPont Performance Coatings, the leading manufacturer and marketer of heavy-duty truck coatings, received the prestigious Daimler Trucks North America Masters of Quality award. This is the seventh year Axalta received the award, and the fourth consecutive year of the past five.
"It further acknowledges our dedication to continually improve the performance of our products and the devotion of our team to service our heavy-duty truck customers."
The 25-year-old Masters of Quality program recognizes an elite group of suppliers who meet or exceed Daimler Trucks North America's stringent quality standards and demonstrate an ongoing commitment to improving the quality of their products. The Masters of Quality award is the highest recognition that Daimler Trucks North America gives to its suppliers.
"Axalta is delighted to be recognized as the 'best of the best'. To receive the highest recognition by Daimler Trucks North America in the last four consecutive years reinforces our commitment to deliver only the highest quality Imron Elite polyurethane coatings," said Herbert Nowak, heavy-duty truck North American sales manager for Axalta Coating Systems.
Imron Elite is the exclusive topcoat for Daimler Trucks' Freightliner brand manufacturing facilities in the United States and Mexico. The identical product is used in the commercial vehicle aftermarket by Freightliner dealers to ensure customer satisfaction and "repair-in-kind" quality.
"We are extremely proud to accept the Masters of Quality award for the seventh time," said Joseph Wood, heavy-duty truck business director, North America for Axalta Coating Systems. "It further acknowledges our dedication to continually improve the performance of our products and the devotion of our team to service our heavy-duty truck customers."
Daimler's suppliers are evaluated each year on more than 100 criteria related to aftermarket parts, quality, engineering, warranty, service, availability and purchasing. While over 1,000 suppliers are considered for the award, only suppliers rated in the top three percent are recognized with an esteemed Masters of Quality award.
In addition to providing high-performance products to the commercial segment for more than 40 years, Axalta Coating Systems products have earned more commercial and OEM approvals than any other paint manufacturer.


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I recently made this from Steven's HOW TO GRILL book.
Not sure if it was the rub, the mopping (I used Steven;s recipe for each), but the smoke ring was INCREDIBLE. Deepest and brightest color I have ever achieved.
I also smoked another brisket at the same time, this one I used a Cajun Injector. It was also a big success. If you like, check out my blog, I have campared each with lots of photos


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HOUSTON - A family of five got a big shock when a driver crashed into their north Harris County home.
"It sounded like a drive-by," said Sarah Cervantes.
Harris County sheriff's deputies said a pickup truck crashed into the garage of a home on New Vista Lane near Lacewing about 10:45 p.m. on Thursday.
Deputies said the driver went around a curve too fast, causing him to lose control and crash.
No one was hurt.
Cervantes said she recognized the truck. She said she saw the man running away while tossing beer cans on the ground.
"When they crashed in here, a boy that we know who lives down the street couple of houses down, he's the one that ran the truck in here," said Cervantes.
Once caught, the driver will face charges that include leaving the scene of an accident.
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When lawyer Peter Wirth returns to the Roundhouse on Jan. 20, there'll be two major differences from last year. First, the Democratic legislator's vote will be worth more as he moves from the 70-member House to the 42-member Senate. Second, his goatee is gone. What will stay the same: Wirth says he plans to once again carry corporate-tax legislation and push for regulatory reform over the oil and gas industry. But no matter what, it won't be easy being a freshman in a deficit year.
SFR: It seems like, no matter what, we're looking at less services unless we find new revenue. Where will it come from?
PW: It's hard to say across the board. The message is there is going to be a look at a lot of different sources. You may see increases in some fees. I'm going to carry a bill dealing with the New Mexico Securities Act. It's amazing the revenue that can be generated by increasing a fee just a slight amount. We need to be very careful that what we do doesn't put folks that are struggling already in a very difficult economy into an even more precarious situation.
Are we also talking about raising taxes on the average Joe?
One of the big issues that's going to need to be addressed this session is a funding-formula change in public school funding. We did a study to determine whether we were sufficiently funding public education in the state and it determined that we were short by about 15 percent. So, that is a need for 340 to 350 million new dollars on top of the deficit. One of the ways being proposed to finance it is a 1 percent increase in gross-receipts tax. We've got this tax base that's been carved full of exceptions to benefit businesses and different interests, but this would hit the average Joe. It's tremendously regressive and an example of a proposed tax increase that I'm not comfortable with at this point.
What's going to be the chief difference in moving from the House to the Senate?
I think that an advantage I have is that I understand the House side of the process and now I'm going to be running my bills on the Senate side, which generally is seen as the more tricky chamber to get legislation through. So, I think I'll be able to push bills through the Senate and then bring them over to the House where I've spent four years and have relationships. It's going to be an interesting transition and it depends a lot on what committee assignments I end up with.
What committees would you like to sit on?
My preference would be to continue to work on budget issues, which would mean the Senate Finance Committee. That, of course, would result in carrying less legislation because you need to have your seat in the chair as you work through all the details of the budget process. If that doesn't work, then my guess is I would probably be on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
How do you see the legislative dynamic? With Democrats picking up a few seats, is it going to be easier to pass bills?
I do think it will make a difference, particularly in the state Senate where it's pretty much been gridlocked. The numbers have been such that the Republicans plus the conservative Democrats kind of equal the [rest of the] Democrats and it is kind of run down the middle. I think now with 27 Democrats we need to really articulate a vision that reflects what our state did in this extraordinary election year.
Your predecessor Sen. John Grubesic's New Year's Resolution was to 'forget the last four years.' Do you think you'll have better luck?
Let me say first and foremost that I certainly respect anyone that's in public service and this is a tough job. It's tough on your professional life; it's tough on your family. You jump into it and the pressures that are there, and I respect Sen. Grubesic for his service. I think my New Year's resolution is really to slow down and take a few deep breaths, and I think that's something that for any legislator, when you're in that pressure cooker, is a good thing to do.


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Women's and Gender Studies 247. Feminist Fiction
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Connections 20034. The Historical Context of Contemporary American CultureThis two-course connection enables students to apply the historical study of modern America to their understanding of the art and culture of the period. Students must take and one of the creative arts or humanities courses. Connections: and , or , or or , or or
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Over the past weeks we've migrated our SVN code repository to SourceForge, released new versions of our libraries (maven repository) but most importantly added two additional non-Adobe members to our team!
Welcome Pascal Romanens from Kalyss and Brian Lay from HP!
Brian will probably focus mostly on the navigation library and Pascal already added features and bugfixes to the Persistence library.
If you're interested in contributing to Cairngorm, please contact Francois Le Droff (ledroff att adobe dott com)


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George V of the United Kingdom
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George V of the United Kingdom (3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India.
- The Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her Colonial trade against foreign competitors.
- Speech at Guildhall, 5 Dec 1901, quoted in Harold Nicolson, King George V (1952), p.73
- I said to your predecessor: 'You know what they're all saying, no more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris.' The fellow didn't even laugh.
- Said to Anthony Eden on 23 December 1935 following the furore that erupted over the Hoare-Laval Pact.
- Quoted in Earl of Avon, Facing the Dictators (1962) pt.2 ch.1
- After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months.
- Statement to Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, referring to his son, Edward, Prince of Wales
- Quoted in Keith Middlemas and John Barnes, Baldwin (1969) ch.34
- How's the Empire?
- On the morning of his death; quoted in Kenneth Rose, King George V (1983), ch.10
- After you've met one hundred and fifty Lord Mayors, they all begin to look the same.
- I look upon him as the greatest criminal known for having plunged the world into war.
- Alleged statement about his cousin Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1918)
- You dress like a cad. You act like a cad. You are a cad.
- Allegedly said to his son, Prince Edward. Quoted by Christopher Warwick in Abdication (Sidgwick and Jackson, 1986)
- I may be uninspiring, but I'll be damned if I'm alien.
- Allegedly said in response to H. G. Wells's criticism of his "alien [i.e. German-descended] and uninspiring court"
- But, remember, I wish to have the best collection, not just one of the best collections in England.
- Allegedly said to J.A. Tilleard, Honorary Secretary, Philatelic Society, on appointing him as Philatelist to the King.
- You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.
- Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance.
- Golf always makes me so damned angry.
- My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me.
- Attributed in Randolph Churchill's Lord Derby (1959), but said by Kenneth Rose in King George V (1983) to be almost certainly apocryphal.
- What did you do about peeing?
- Allegedly said to Charles Lindbergh after he flew the Atlantic solo in an aeroplane.
- It's the shortest one I know.
- Allegedly said to Sir Thomas Beecham on the opera La Bohème, on why it was his favourite.
- They make me look like a stuffed monkey.
- Allegedly said about two postage stamps issued in 1911.
- Bugger Bognor.
- Alleged last words in 1936, in response to being told that he would soon be well enough to visit the seaside resort Bognor Regis
- A second theory is that this dates from the King's 1928/9 recuperative visit there. Local dignitaries went to see the King's private secretary Stamfordham petitioning to have the town renamed Bognor Regis. The King told Stamfordham "Bugger Bognor", which he translated as the King would be pleased to grant their request. (Nigel Rees, Sayings of the Century page 6, quoting Kenneth Rose's biography of the King.)
- Goddamn you!
- Alleged last words, after his nurse administered a sedative.
- For seventeen years, he did nothing at all but kill animals and stick in stamps.
- Harold Nicolson; Diary, 17 Aug 1949


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Eight Newcomers Signs NLI's to Join Inaugural Women's Lacrosse Season
SAINT LEO, Fla. – Saint Leo women's lacrosse coach Lesley Graham has announced the first recruiting class in the young history of the Lions' newest program as eight student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent.
With the announcement of the program in October, Graham hit the recruiting trail, building her first team scheduled to complete in the spring of 2012. Out of the eight commitments, her first class includes three attackers in Megan Eremita, Christina Minneci and Kasey Tanner, two of whom hail from the Northeast and one, a local, coming from Wesley Chapel, Fla.
"I am looking forward to the challenge of taking a young team and building the foundation for success of women's lacrosse at Saint Leo," Graham said. "It has been months in the planning and I am excited to get out on the field, down to the x's and o's of lacrosse and see the potential this team can have."
Megan Eremita
5-5, Attack
South Windsor, Conn.
South Windsor High School/LaxPlus
Eremita comes from a strong high school program in Connecticut and will head to Saint Leo with her academic goal of obtaining a degree in Criminal Justice. Playing up front, the 5'5" attacker also has experience on the club circuit playing for LaxPlus .
In the Lions' first season she will look to bring much needed composure and consistency on the offensive side of the ball.
Graham's Thoughts –
Her hard work and team first mentality will be key for a balanced attack as the team looks to gain an identity on the offense.
Christina Minneci
5-2, Attack
Manalapan, NJ
Manalapan High School
Minneci comes from a high school career where she served as captain of the soccer, basketball and lacrosse teams. A multi-sport player, the self-proclaimed playmaker was the 2009 Rookie of the Year and the record holder for career goals and assists during her time at Manalapan High School.
Graham's Thoughts –
Christina has great field vision, and I will look to her to be a keystone in the offensive set, especially from behind the cage. She has the ability to set up offensive opportunities for herself and her teammates, and I will look to her for leadership in the 8.
Kasey Tanner
5-4, Attack
Wesley Chapel, Fla.
Wesley Chapel High School/Lady Wildcats
A product of the up-and-coming high school lacrosse scene in Central Florida, Tanner will join the Lions as a freshman coming from a championship winning club team. Experienced with success from her time playing club lacrosse and in earning all-star bids in both 2010 and 2011, Tanner will bring a positive attitude and winning mentality to the Lions.
Graham's Thoughts –
Despite her small frame, Tanner is very quick and has an eye for potential play-making opportunities. I am looking for her to bring a positive attitude and a willingness to take her game to the next level. We are fortunate to have a local name joining the team to help promote and encourage the growth of lacrosse in Florida.