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Civic Center Cafe
The Civic Center Café offers a complete breakfast and lunch menu to the employees and visitors of the Marin County Civic Center.
Disability Access Division
The Exhibit Hall is just one of the places that Disability Access has improved accessibility to enable a more welcoming environment for persons with disabilities.
Marin County Airport (Gnoss Field)
The airport is able to accommodate a variety of plane sizes and is located in a beautiful setting just north of Novato.
Communications Division
One of several Mera communication towers that are maintained by the Marin County Communications Division.
Building Maintenance Division
Among many other tasks, it is the responsibility of the Building Maintenance Division to maintain the solar arrays located on buildings throughout Marin County.
Purchasing Division
The acquisition of all goods and services for Marin County falls to the Purchasing Division along with the publication and evaluation of all contractor bid offers.
Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA)
The Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) administers permits, inspections, and enforcement activities for several environmental and emergency management programs.
Engineering Division
Engineering Services administers and implements civil engineering and surveying projects for the County.
County Garage Division
The Marin County Garage is a full-service repair shop handling all maintenance and repair work on over 500 pieces of equipment including emergency vehicles.
Printing Services
Printing Services offers a full range of high quality reproductive services to all Marin County departments and divisions as well other government agencies and non-profits.
Roads Division
The Roads Division holds primary responsibility for maintaining most of the roads in the unincorporated areas of our county.
Real Estate Division
The Real Estate Division manages the real estate services for the County and several related special districts. We also provide the same services to other government agencies.
Transportation Division
The Transportation Division manages all of the roadways and transportation in Marin County.
Urban Search & Rescue (US&R)
The County's Urban Search and Rescue Team (US&R) is a specialized team composed of both Fire Department and Public Works Department employees.
Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program (MCSTOPPP)
The Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program (MCSTOPPP) is a joint effort to prevent stormwater pollution, protect and enhance water quality in creeks and wetlands, preserve beneficial uses of local waterways.
Waste Management Division
Each year we handle the recycling of thousands of tons of paper and plastic as well as the disposal of household hazardous waste such as paint and oil.
Capital Projects Division
Capital Projects is responsible for capital improvements, major maintenance and the implementation of accessibility improvements at County facilities.
Flood Control Division
The Marin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District has been established to address specific watershed flooding problems in the eight flood zones located in Marin County.
Land Use Division
The Land Use Division handles a wide variety of tasks for Marin County including permit processing and inspection for grading, County roads and rights-of-way.
At Marin County Public Works, it's our job to help provide a safe environment and an enhanced quality of life to the people of Marin County. We do this by maintaining and improving the public infrastructure as well as providing timely and cost-effective support to other county departments. We also oversee the Marin Civic Center Café.
In order to do this most effectively, we seek out funding sources for existing and new public services and encourage and develop partnerships with other County departments, agencies and private industry. By doing so, we are able to find cost-effective solutions for new and existing projects, improve employee training and promote employee development.
The Department of Public Works administers a variety of programs encompassing roadworks, communication, environment and transportation. One example of our work can be seen at the Marin Center/Veterans' Memorial Building. The building is undergoing a 21st century remodel and you can watch its progress! You can also read about the current projects and their progress on our Current Project Highlights page.
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EXCLUSIVE | Marlow Prowler Open 375 — By Jeffrey Moser
— June 2006
Smooth Criminal
The Prowler Open is a refined gentleman's runabout with a scandalous past.
David Marlow followed a regimented path to success during a multidecade career as a boat designer, eventually retiring to his native Florida hard by Terra Ceia Bay in a restored, cracker-style home. But he couldn't stop thinking about hull design, spending hours tinkering in his workshop followed by towing scale models of his design behind his Boston Whaler. Eventually, no longer content as a retiree, Marlow came out of retirement to found Marlow Marine, premiering a 70-foot model at the 2001 Miami International Boat Show.
This article originally appeared in the July 2006 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.

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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 26/4/2013 (1578 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The back cover of Drunk Mom, Toronto writer Jowita Bydlowska's memoir, solemnly proclaims, "There are many alcoholic mothers. Only one has told her story."
That's not actually true (see Texan Mary Karr's 2009 memoir Lit), but the genre does seem more cluttered with the reminiscences of writers who were the kids of drinkers than vice versa. In any case, it seems a bit crass to capitalize on it.
Regardless, there is clearly some voyeuristic appeal to peeking into the life of an attractive young mother who gets blackout drunk and tries to hide the increasingly out-of-control problem from her family and friends.
Bydlowska had given up drinking, but suffered a full-blown setback after quaffing a glass of champagne at a very special occasion: a party celebrating the birth of her first child. After that, she embarks on a double life of hidden bottles and secret trips to the liquor store, sneaking swigs out of mickeys she hides in her son's crib.
The more she drinks, the guiltier she feels; the guiltier she feels, the more she drinks.
The fact is, there are a lot of Me and My Effed Up Life memoirs out there -- to set one apart requires either a truly shocking, sordid sequence of events, a writer with eye-opening insights into her own condition or a memoirist with a prose style that elevates the story above diary entries.
Bydlowska meets none of those requirements. Yes, her tales of pushing infant son "Frankie" in his stroller while blotto on the sparkling wine she's poured into a Sprite bottle are harrowing. But in general, the author -- who blogs about parenting, mental health and herself at Huffington Post and Salon -- is so dispassionate when talking about her child that he feels like a prop, not a real, at-risk baby.
Perhaps that's partly the point: Bydlowska chose to put alcohol above her offspring and her recollections reflect that. But, despite the sections where she stresses over her breastfeeding schedule, figuring out when to drink and when to pump so she doesn't poison Frankie with her milk, her son is mostly relegated to a silent presence in his stroller or crib, a reminder of her guilty conscience but not an active part of her life.
The Polish-born author writes with a crisp, likable style that never strays into melodrama -- the way she talks about alcohol makes you see how alluring it is to her and how it makes her feel -- but she's no Karr. Drunk Mom unfolds as a series of anecdotes documenting bad behaviour -- it feels as if she's fulfilling steps 4 and 5 of Alcoholics Anonymous: "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves; admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs."
Throughout, Bydlowska never refers to her partner by name, calling him only "my boyfriend." The impulse toward confidentiality is admirable -- except she outs him (and her son) in the book's credits.
Maybe she is getting even. The boyfriend, Toronto journalist and novelist Russell Smith, outed her as a drunk first in his 2012 account of losing his vision, Blindsided. It all adds to the sense of over-sharing that's so rampant in this age of personal blogs.
Drunk Mom is certainly a cautionary tale, but it never really points the reader to why Bydlowska went wrong or how she was able to stop drinking. Perhaps the seminal book in this vein, Drinking: A Love Story by Carolyn Knapp, didn't skimp on the salacious details, but the journalist author also included a wealth of research on alcoholism, especially among middle-class women, and advice on how to deal it.
At her best, Bydlowska captures what it feels like to be in love with booze. Where she falls short is in conveying what it's like to be in love with your baby. A book called Drunk Mom needs to represent both emotions.
Jill Wilson is a Free Press copy editor.


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>Racing>Ever had your turnaround marker go missing?
I was running the Fort Worth Marathon's Half Marathon event yesterday, and the fellow who was supposed to mark the turnaround point for the half apparently decided to take a bathroom break as I got to that point.
I was marking the miles as I went, and had fallen in next to another runner at about the same pace, and we were both watching for him at that point in the race—it's not hard to know when it should be coming in a simple out-and-back course—and saw no sign, no person, nothing.
By the seventh mile marker, I was worried, but thinking perhaps I'd remembered the course wrong: maybe it wasn't a simple out and back? After all, I hadn't looked at the map in several weeks. By mile 8, I was sure. I said as much to the guy next to me; at the next water stop (~1/4 mile further on) we asked, and sure enough, we'd missed the turn, so we headed back.
There he was, yelling, "Half marathon turnaround!" and waving two large, bright orange flags. Not the sort of thing you're going to miss, especially when you're already looking for just that.
And that's how I ended up running my fastest 16.5 miles to date, but missing my shot at finishing under 1:30.
Anyone else ever had that sort of thing happen?
an amazing likeness
Happened to Diamond J a few years ago, and may have cost him the race win...
I've done my best to live the right way. I get up every morning and go to work each day. (for now)
Yes! It sucks. It happened once at a tiny local (Seattle) marathon/50k because the RD marked the course the night before. And placed a cone at the turnaround. During the night, someone stole the cone.
And on and on we ran...
The other time? Was at the Ft Worth Marathon! Yes! Last year, the turnaround for the 20 mile race was missing.
Twice in a row at the same race! I need to send them that email I've been thinking about. Not unkindly, just a sort of, "Hey, you should at least put up a sign!" sort of thing. What's really odd is that the four people ahead of me definitely saw him—that, or they just hit the seven mile mark and turned around, which would have been smart.
This was a small enough field that even at that pace, I was sitting very comfortably at about 5th, and probably would have finished there—and third among the men. (The guy I was pacing was solid, but I pulled ahead by about 30-45 seconds on the last mile… mile 16, of course.)
I've been laughing about it, but in that sort of laugh-because-it's-that-or-cry sort of way.
Memo to Race Directors: Fool you once, shame on them, fool you twice...
Twice in a row at the same race!
Twice in a row at the same race!
So I finally just checked the official results so I can log my time here on RA with the full distance I ran—it came out to exactly 16.5 miles, which is nice—and I definitely would have finished third both among men and overall, it looks like—and easily first in my age group! The third place finisher came in at 1:38; even with slowing up a good bit on the return when realizing my mistake and how much farther I had to go, I was pulling about 7:11min/mi, so I would have finished around 1:32:25 at that pace.
Need to find another race soon, I think!
Imminent Catastrophe
My last race used some trails that are notorious for vandals stealing or, worse, moving race marker ribbons. At the pre-race meeting the "motivational speaker" warned us that the locals like to vandalize the ribbons. This was along a section that I would be running at about 3 a.m., already exhausted and fatigued and braindead. So it didn't exactly "motivate" me.
Anyway, during the race, when I got to that stretch of trail in the middle of the night, volunteers were there, checking and re-marking the course. The ribbons had been vandalized but the volunteers put them back up and made sure we didn't get led astray.
Extra work for the RD and volunteers but well worth it.
"Able to function despite imminent catastrophe"
"To obtain the air that angels breathe you must come to Tahoe"--Mark Twain
"The most common question from potential entrants is 'I do not know if I can do this' to which I usually answer, 'that's the whole point'.--Paul Charteris, Tarawera Ultramarathon RD.
√ Javelina Jundred Jalloween 2015
Cruel Jewel 50 mile May 2016
Western States 100 June 2016
Feeling the growl again
I recall a race I ran twice...the first year I was second OA and not in the results when posted. They really thought I was trying to pull something on them when I tried to get it corrected...how can a small race not remember who finished second OA?
The next year they didn't mark a turnaround....well, eventually around 30th OA someone saw the half dollar-sized marking on the path...and the organization was unapologetic to the should-have-been award winners who ran an extra mile on a 15K.
Needless to say, by the third year their attendance was pretty low....
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills
Apparently they had problems at the 20-mile this year as well; someone posted as much on the Facebook post I put up. Let's just say I won't be encouraging people to participate again unless I see some serious evidence they plan to get that straightened out.
PerfesserR, good on the race organizers. That's a nasty situation to be in, and that's the kind of race volunteers everyone hopes for. Also, seeing that you're an ultrarunner, I think you're crazy. (That's a compliment.) How do you stay healthy—especially joints? That's something I've wondered for a long while.
spaniel… yeesh. How do you miss someone coming in second in a race of any size? But especially a small one?
I ran the Fort Worth Marathon, fortunately the Marathon turn around was well marked. I did hear some people complaining about missing the half turn around, so you weren't the only two.
I did have a different half where I missed the half because it wasn't marked. The police bike even led me the wrong way! I only ended up running something like 14.8, not 16+ like you. It did screw up any chances I had for NY Qualifying that day (probably would have not gotten that anyway). This race also put the 10k turn-around at like 3.5+ miles.
Drink up moho's!!
My fastest half was a mile short because the volunteers missed a turn
Proud Calgarian
Yes, I've seen it happen, most recently at the HM at Running With the Devil last June - there was a pretty good wind that day and when the volunteer stepped away, the marker and garbage can blew away!
2015 Goals and PRs:
5k - 17:59 (18:05); 10k - 35:59 (36:42); HM - 1:19:19 (1:19:59); FM - 2:49:59 (3:05:46)
A small local HM forgot to make sure the turnaround point was marked. I was behind the lead pack when we got chased down by girl on bike yelling for us to turn around. I spent the next mile trying to catch gals I usually beat in our local races. (I was probably last runner that over ran turn around). I was so pisseI I just rocketed out and ending up getting my first female OA. The girl that was leading before the turnaround was mentally spent on losing so much ground-- I think she had over 16.5 miles on her Garmin at end. That is messed up! I think my final distance was 15.xx. A hot miserable day.
2013 Goals: Stay healthy and Sub 3:30. PR HM, 10K, 5K...etc....lose 5 lbs, get Michelle Obama arms.


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Hi all,
Hope you are doing well.
So I have several free lists on various sites, & one of my sites keeps getting bots or idiots signing up for the free list & then never confirming their signup. Actually I don't believe it's a bot, b/c there's a drop down menu they have to choose from so they have to be humans.
I got someone to put a captcha in the signup process thinking that would stop it, but no such luck.
Any idea why they are doing this & how to stop it?
They do it to annoy you. Are they succeeding?
CAPTCHA is supposed to STOP spammers from starting the sign-up and you should have your server not inform you unless the second half (confirmation) is completed. Also, setup your database to require confirmation within a set period of time else delete the garbage.
Yes it is annoying b/c I don't know who's real & who's not, although I can tell most times now.
Unfortunately I'm still using a 3rd party hosted shopping cart that also runs my lists. Their code & features are sub par at best, so I doubt there's an option to self delete if they don't opt in. In fact I know there's not, as I've had to do it myself & have to do it soon, as I'm nearing my max.
I get notified of every signup whether it goes thru or not. Again, I doubt there's a feature that would ONLY let me know if they opted in.
This has been going on for months. I don't know if it's the same person or what's happening. I guess I could try to keep track of the IP addresses, but I just don't have time for that & they are probably using a proxy anyway.
If it's bots rather than human spammers, you could try adding something like this, and hope they fall into the trap before they reach the signup form. (Maybe add the trap at the start of the form.)
I've had the same problem recently. I blocked the IP addresses and it seems to be working - no attacks in more than a week. They were coming through every day. Seems to work, for now anyway - apparently, they don't all use proxy servers. Just a thought.
You could also try adding a question to your forms, e.g. (4+9-3 = ?) or something similar and validate it on the action page. That will stop most bots, their automated processes aren't smart enough to answer questions.
P.S. I find CAPTCHA a pain in the neck when it appears on forms - it must put some people off completing the process. Just an opinion.
Thanks Bear, I have to get someone to do this for me of course. I'm just an entrepreneur.
Mouse, I have to see if I block the IP it will work. Unfortunately I use a hosted list builder & they suck. I can't change for various reasons.
I remember asking them a few years back if the blocking of the IP address worked on the list & I think they said no. Why they have it at all is beyond me, but I'll ask again.
What script do you use for the question? I hate some captchas b/c they don't work. The one that was put on my forms was a simple one as the guy said the Google one wouldn't work. Not sure why.
Is the Simple Site Audit yours?
Thanks again.
You need to ask your technical guy to add a question to your forms (unless you are familiar with form creation and have access to site via FTP), but it must be validated on the action page - there's no script involved.
Yes, simplesiteaudit is mine, all mine
I wish I had a "technical guy" to do this. It's even getting worse now over the last few days.
Would you mind sending me the URL for the form that is being abused? I'll see if there's anything obvious that you can change.
Oh thank you.
I have 2 index pages. I'm giving you the 2nd one only b/c the list box drops down so it's easier for you to find. If you want the 2nd one, just remove everything after the .com. The box to click on to sign up is on the right side of the page
I will pm the link to you.
Hi 2nd mouse.
I sent you my URL a while ago & never heard back. Did yo not receive it?
I find it interesting that AFTER I posted the URL on this thread both the first time & just now, the amount of spam increased.
Do you have access to changea) the html code that displays the sign up formb) server side script that the form posts the data to
Sorry 2012
I haven't had time for a thorough looksee. However, what I did see was a lot of javascript on the page, presumably controlling the form animation. JS being a client-side language is easily open to abuse.
Further to EastCoast's questions - if you don't have access to the nuts and bolts of the site, i.e. via FTP or a control panel or both, there's not much you can do to amend your form. Who looks after the site for you? How did it get created in the first place? Someone must've set it up for you.
Contact the people you are paying for the webspace and ask about access. Once you get access, it will be easier to advise you further.
P.S. You might want to ask SP admin to remove the link from your site address in the post above.
Captcha are annoying if we view from the eye of visitor.. but they are the protector too ,, noadays there are really amazing captcha puzzle which can be easily solved by human but not by bot .. try those...
Sorry, didn't see these responses until now since someone else posted.
Do you mean can I get something changed on my site?
I have to wait until I have some funds & then can maybe do it, yes.
I have access to everything, doing coding other than basic html is outside my skill set.
Thank you
My site has been touched by many hands over the many years. Many of whom didn't know what they were doing. I haven't had a website coder in a while. I, like many other entrepreneurs hire a person to do one there here or one thing there b/c it's so stressful dealing with website coders. I did recently hire someone to do something small, but it wasn't really site related. I still don't know how good he is & may never know, as I never know until the next person tells me XYZ was done wrong or something breaks down & I remember who did it. He did help me fix an issue that even the company who provides the software didn't tell me, so that impressed me.
I don't need to ask anyone for access, I know how to load FTP. I didn't know the form was all JS.
Today I had someone (spam) signup to the list 4 times LOL Just nuts.


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It is said that no trip to New Orleans is complete without a trip to Pat O'Brien's, where your first drink must be the bar's classic cocktail: the Hurricane. While the drink will set you back a pretty penny these days, it wasn't always that way.
During Prohibition, O'Brien's pub was one of the many speakeasies that lined New Orleans streets, plying their trade with sailors and others in search of illicit liquid refreshment. The password was "storm's brewin,'" according to most accounts of the time, which admittedly may be embellished.
After Prohibition ended, New Orleans began to blossom into the rum-soaked, bead-festooned party town we today know and love, but it's that very rum that had O'Brien in a pickle. His liquor distributors forced him to buy huge quantities of cheap, low-quality rum before they would sell him the more upscale (and highly profitable) tipples such as scotch and bourbon. He masked the vile taste of the cheap hooch with fruit juice and grenadine and gave it away for free to sailors, who of course became his best advertisers. Some accounts say that the hurricane lamp-shaped glasses actually were originally the chimneys for hurricane lamps that O'Brien found for cheap and had sealed on one end.
If you visit New Orleans and want to walk around while drinking your Hurricane, you won't be able to do so in the iconic glass. While New Orleans laws do allow walking the streets while drinking, they do not allow doing so while carrying glass containers.
Incidentally, on Barbados there's also a Hurricane cocktail, but it's a quite different creation, a potent mix of coffee liqueur, 151-proof rum, Grand Marnier and Irish cream.
Want to make your own Hurricane at home? Here's the recipe!
1.5 oz. light rum
1.5 oz. dark rum
1 oz. orange juice
1 oz. fresh lime juice
¼ c. passion fruit juice, or 1 tablespoon passion fruit syrup
1 tsp. superfine sugar
1 tsp. grenadine
Cherries with stems, and orange slice to garnish
Ice cubes
In a cocktail shaker, mix the rum, passion fruit juice or syrup, other juices and the sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add the grenadine and stir to combine. Add ice and shake. Half-fill a hurricane glass (or other tall vessel) with ice. Strain drink into glass. Add ice to fill. Garnish with orange slice and cherries.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 27/1/2013 (1669 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
STONEWALL — The route she took to this day was unfamiliar, but the result was very much the same.
Just 10 weeks after giving birth to her first child, Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones did here Sunday night what she always seems to do at this time of year — she hoisted a championship curling trophy over her head.
For the sixth time since 2002, Jones will represent Manitoba at the Canadian women's curling championship after a 9-3 victory over Winnipeg rival Barb Spencer in the final of the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
In addition to her five previous Manitoba titles, Jones has also competed in four national Scotties Tournaments of Hearts as Team Canada, meaning this will be the 38-year-old Winnipeg lawyer's 10th trip to the women's nationals.
What's more, Jones has now won the Manitoba title the last five times she has competed in the provincials, including the last two years in a row.
But while it all might seem very familiar, this championship was demonstrably different. Sunday's victory capped an unusual season for the Jones foursome — Jones, third Kaitlyn Lawes, second Jill Officer and lead Dawn Askin. The three curled without Jones all fall and winter as the skip recovered from knee surgery and the birth of daughter Isabella in mid-November.
Jones only returned to competitive curling a couple weeks ago when she competed with her team again for the first time at the Continental Cup in Penticton, B.C.
"I feel like we really had to work hard to get this one done," said Jones. "I thought it was our best event from start to finish and to do that after not playing with each other in the fall and practising so hard — to see it all come together is really special...
"It's probably the most emotional win I've ever had."
Also a bit unusual this year was the manner of Jones's championship. Jones has always been at her very best when under pressure and surrounded by adversity, but this year's path to the title was remarkably smooth — a 6-1 round-robin record and first place in her pool; an easy 11-2 win over Colleen Kilgallen in Saturday night's 1 vs 1 game; and then a relatively efficient dismantling of Spencer in a championship game that was effectively over by the eighth end.
To her credit, Spencer and her team — third and daughter Katie Spencer, second Ainsley Champagne and lead Raunora Westcott — gave Jones a better game than many were expecting from Spencer, particularly after her team shot very low percentages in a 6-3 semifinal win over Kilgallen earlier in the day.
Spencer cooly drew the four-foot against two Jones counters in both the second and sixth ends Sunday night — catching a break in the first instance from a beneficial late spin of her rock that moved just enough to turn what was looking like a steal of two for Jones into a single for Spencer on a measure.
But this game ultimately turned on a pair of Spencer misses in the eighth end. Light on a come-around attempt with her first rock, an unnerved Spencer fired a second draw attempt all the way out the back of the house, leaving Jones an easy draw for a back-breaking three-ender.
"I had draw weight all week and I came out today and I don't know what happened. It just wasn't there for me," said Spencer.
With the win, Jones will now represent Manitoba at the Canadian women's curling championship in Kingston, Ont., Feb. 16-24. The winner of that event advances the next month to the women's world curling championship, which this year is in Riga, Latvia.
"I hear Latvia," laughed Jones, "is very nice in March."


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Recent studies show that one in five adults and just as many children in most United States are obese. Often the culprits are poor nutrition and lack of exercise. Even a third of American pets are obese. Grand Master In Ho Lee wants martial artists everywhere to reverse this deadly trend by turning more people on to our favorite athletic activity - Songahm Taekwondo!
Taekwondo is a martial art that trains people both mentally and physically
that has been around for 13 centuries, but most people do not seem to realize
how remarkable, profound, and far-ranging the benefits can truly be! Grand
Master wants to raise the profile of our favorite activity so that more people
learn to live The Way, and naturally he is leading by example. Grand Master
joined the President's Challenge in July 2011, and has since won a Presidential
Active Lifestyle Award (PALA), plus Bronze, Silver, Gold, and the ultimate prize
- The Platinum Award - as a Presidential Champion in 2012, with no signs of
slowing down. An assistant
records his daily
Warrior X-Fit
and Songahm Taekwondo workouts, plus
leisure sports, yard work, and other activities that keep him looking and
feeling great and winning!
Please visit the Presidents Challenge website to learn about the rules, activities, and awards, or at least read this Intro Flyer. THEN you can Log-In or Create an Account at the ATA Portal to the Presidents Challenge (Add it to your web browser's Favorites/Bookmarks for speedy access.) You'll automatically be joined to the official "ATA Leadership Now" group of challengers (open to everyone, #95646), helping ATA HQ to gauge its overall impact in the Challenge. You can join other groups too - your school's for example - without leaving the main group; or you can opt out totally. Just keep winning!
Challenge sponors or winners can purchase certificates, ribbons, pins, medals
and other items celebrating the physical fitness achievements from the
President's Challenge website. Remember to add your name to President's
Challenge with ATA
Winners List on ATALeadershpNOW.com after each award.
Call Mr. Keith Stillwell (ext. 2299) or Ms. Melanie Morris (ext. 2268) at ATA HQ if you have any questions about the programs. ATA is a proud advocate of the President's Challenge.


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I couldn't have been more than 4 years old when I first became an addict. Standing there, hundreds of feet above the ground, I recall the pencil-thin line of steel plunging from the treetops as it stretched across the mountainside of my neighbor's massive backyard.
The zip line's deadly dimensions likely were products of my youthful imagination, but the adrenaline — that strange, surging cocktail of terror and terrific — as I stood there on the edge, gripping the thin little handles that would carry me down: That, I can tell you with all certainty, was very real.
So many years later, here I am with my own kids, standing more than 100 feet up in the treetops, getting ready to hurl myself — and them — down the side of a very real mountain.
We're at AdrenaLine Zipline Adventure Tours, just outside of Victoria, British Columbia, a quick ferry ride from our home in Seattle. It's one of several new zip line destinations in our area alone, part of the exponential growth in this fast-moving, high-flying segment of the adventure tourism industry.
The number of commercial zip lines in the U.S. and Canada has soared from fewer than 10 facilities in 2000 to more than 300 today, says James Borishade, director of the Association for Challenge Course Technology, which helps set industry standards for safety and training.
Zip liners typically jump from treetop perches and cliffside platforms sometimes connected by swaying rope bridges — think Ewok Village meets Indiana Jones. Although rules vary, most zip line operators require riders to be at least 10 years old and weigh from 70 to 250 pounds.
And as their numbers multiply, operators are getting more innovative. Some wrap in mountain-climbing or narrow gauge railroad rides. Others fly you over herds of African wildlife. Some add everything from off-roading action to moonlit and even "haunted" zip line runs. Meanwhile, mobile, or temporary, zip lines are quickly becoming favorites at festivals and street fairs.
Don't think the zip-lining season is over because summer is ending. Most operators run well into the fall, and many are now operating year-round, with winter zipping providing a high-octane alternative to skiing and snowboarding.
Did I say fast? Some will have you soaring faster than highway speed limits. Most are tamer, though still plenty exhilarating, with the heights bringing much of the heady buzz of fear.
Most operators have worked out a proven path to get you over the edge and into the air, typically showing you the ropes on short, low-to-the-ground trainer lines before heading up to the heights.
Despite our warm-up, my heart is racing as our small group gets ready for our first real run, a 200-foot snake dubbed, appropriately, Commitment. Launch from here and there's no turning back.
My wife is rock-solid, as always, ready for action. The kids, I can tell, are a little nervous. I've checked the fit of our 12-year-old Amelia's helmet and climbing harness. I've lifted Noah, my do-anything 8-year-old, up off his feet by his harness as much to give him a quick reality check of what he was getting himself into as to assuage my own concerns that he was snuggly secure.
Noah wants to go first. As he steps up to the edge of the crow's nest platform a good 40 feet up a tree and gets checked in by the guide, I realize why I'm getting this premature spasm of fear.
My son steps off, and my heart jumps as his weight is caught by the thin nylon webbing suspending him from the tiny metal wheel that hurtles him down the line. His earnest face widens into an ear-to-ear grin as he waves while picking up speed, the ground dropping off below him.
My firstborn is next. She's already smiling eagerly. My heart leaps as she does.
Whose idea was this?
The rest of the adventure goes too quickly, as the best ones usually do.
I'm not sure which was more thrilling for me: my own flights into the open air or the terrific terror of seeing my kids getting hooked on conquering their fears.


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I was not in today's Strategic giraffe run due to work, but glad to read communications wise it seems to work nice.
A thought though; If the plan is to have dedicated fire squads, like AA, AT, dedicated medics, light assault rapid strike teams etc. maybe ask in a thread what people are aiming for when spending certs & SC? We have the "what have you certed for" thread, but it might be nice for PL & SLs knowing what the prefered roles for some members are.
Me personally, I'm aiming for Heavy Assault & MAX to be my main loadouts with focus on AA, AT & AI, with Medic & Engineer certed a bit into and weapons bought for situations that need them. Will also get some sidegrades for the Magrider and Scythe, so I can use them when needed (along with Skyguard Lightning). With this info, you would know you could put SceptrumVS on AA or AT duty as I got the sidegrades for it and cert points.
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The Comms were much much tighter and it was far easier to work out what was going on whilst I was playing. Instead of have PL separate from everything and removed from play, could the PL simply be the person who orchestrates the decisions of a council of SL and fireteam leaders? That way, we could have four full squads capable of acting independently and cooperatively, whilst allowing the PL to get to play them game with the rest of us?
As for Charlie, I thought we were working pretty well together. Of particular merit was using flashes to scout ahead of the sundi so we had an idea what we'd be facing. Speaking of which, the aerial platoon were sensational to see in action. I looked up once and saw eight scythes in formation shooting over the roof of Tumas Tech, very inspiring![QUOTE]Technology is a bad thing, people[COLOR=#1D1D1D][FONT=Arial]
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Last night was hectic for sure, and even frustrating at times, due to the TR zerg. Although that had its moments, as when we tried to push out of Tumas Tech Plant to the NW, but run head on into a TR tank column, with lots of infantry. Held them on the ridge, regrouped back at the Tech Plant, but then eventually got overrun there. Frustrating, but we stood our ground for a bit against overwhelming forces. There is satisfaction in that aswell.
As for the comms and order structure experience, I enjoyed it for the most part. I felt a bit more useful yesterday, and our SL BasicPaul (Delta Squad) did a great job of keeping tabs who was up and who was down, what the flow of the battle was, and calling people to specific tasks. Although, due to the zerg, we were dying a lot, and that was what determining who were in fireteam A (still alive in the thick of the battle) and fireteam B (just respawned, try to go around the ridge eg). And as for the rest of us in the squad, we were able to relay more information to the SL and to the rest of us, since the comms were clearer.
What I missed from the Serious Giraffes of last Wednesday was the bigger picture, especially when capping larger facilities. It would be nice knowing for instance that we go for cap point A, while Charlie pushes for B, and so on. But I do realise what a strain it must have been on the PL and the SLs.
All and all, considering that it was a sort of an experiment, conducted under the worst possible circumstances (zerg, plus I believe we faced a couple of well organised squads/platoons), it wasn't bad for a start.
Agreed with previous posters. Had a blast yesterday! Much cleaner comms and clearer directions. Delta squad was awesome! Big thumbs up to Paul and Nick and the rest of the guys for the tight coordination. It is not easy to both run a squad, keeping ahead of the curve, and try to "play the game" all at once.
I personally liked the infantry night assault of the amp station the best. All those heavies along the mountain ridge, firing synchronized volleys of plasma at the clump of armour outside the gate shields, medics keeping them alive, and the one engineer topping up ammo supplies. Fabulous!
We need to be have platoon leaders be able to join command chat whatever position they're in in their respective squad, I believe. They'll likely patch this in sometime, I'd say.
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The 12 man comms corresponding to the 12 man squads were great in my opinion. Prefer it over the 24+ comms.
Squad leaders should utilize the waypoints a bit more, pointing out where to gather up for sunderers, what direction to attack bases from etc. Generally a SL just plot a waypoint down on the base and that's that. Could also be used to point out hostile sunderers when your on the defence.
And the platoon waypoint should generally just point out the big picture, like tech plants and bio labs. Then leaving the decision to the SL to go for specific bases around that point. Also the squad leaders choice how to approach that base, with gal-drop or sunderer etc.
The schyte squad was quite fun the first few minutes, but unable to sustain a permanent scythe squad due to time restrictions. I like the whole idea of having an aircavalry cover other squads but, think it's a decision that also should be with the SL, the same as a gal-drop or sunderer push.
Basically freeing up time for the PL to actually play some aswell, hopefully.. Though the main time constraint there I guess is the swapping people between squads.. Hopefully SOE fixes this soon so people can move between squads freely.
On major base assaults, I suppose the Squad Objectives upgrade could be useful to get clearer directions. It allows you to set Attack/Defend orders on a squad level by using the Q button on one of the base facility icons on your HUD (cap point, generators, SCU etc.) Don't kn ow if it can be used on enemies as well, to designate fire targets. Has anyone tried this?
I thought that objectives thing was just for the entire world to see, but yes, if it works that way I'll get it.
If I'm going to be PL in the future of these things, I will run it as I did the day before yesterday, where I'm directing squads and playing in one squad. That way you get to shoot stuff but can give orders. It's quite impossible to be SL and PL at the same time.
I will be approaching a more independent way of handling things if so as well, so as we clear up the orders a bit more and make them more general. PL should be strategic, SLs should be able to handle the tactics part ("they're capping the external base - grab it/they have a sunderer over there - kill it").
I have the squad objectives stuff. We could try it out sometime, before you spend your hard-earned certs.
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I agree with RIDEBIRD in that I think 12 man squads are just too small, particularly when you come up against a zerg. There's not enough places in a 12 man squad to fill all the roles required.
I also felt like classes and squads weren't being utilized enough. Perhaps its because people kept changing as the fighting went on or perhaps its because it wasn't needed or perhaps it just wasn't noticed. I don't think LAs and Infs were utilized enough in the roles they can play, hacking terms and destroying generators and generally sneaking around being pests.
Perhaps we need to make better use of fireteams and assign them to tasks before we get into a base rather than "ok, B needs help, lets go there".
If we're attacking a tech plant, we should decide before hand, what teams are going to what point and then they only leave if they're told to. I know it says you need 2 guys to cap B, but if those two guys had four more guys they'd be able to hold it a lot better if they get rushed by a HA.
It seemed we were still just going where the fight was, instead of following orders along the lines of
alpha squad - fire team a, take and hold capture point a, fire team b, take and hold b
bravo squad - fire team a, take and hold the first generator, fire team b take and hold the second generator
charile squad - fire team a, take and hold capture point c, fire team b, move together through the bases hacking or destroying terminals and AA.
delta squad - get in armour or air and support the platoon.
By the way, I'm not trying to be disrespectful or insult the SL or PL who all rose up and volunteered and led us, I'm just voicing how it felt to be on the ground.
1) More scythes
2) me having flares so I got killed less often
3) possibly a Forward Air Controller in charge, rather than a pilot. I don't know if anyone would want the job, however.
The problem we discovered was that it was very difficult for Nubbx to fly and to set waypoints at the same time, and it was very difficult for us to check the map and set personal waypoints while flying.
If we had someone leading the platoon from the back of a sundy, they could say things like "air support needed at Heyoka Tech, squad waypoint marked" and then we could easily open our maps and set the personal waypoint there, then "recon request of the amp station, waypoint marked" and then we could set our personal waypoint there and go check it out.
A couple of times we got recon requests but had trouble finding where we were meant to go - it didn't help that we spent a couple of minutes looking for the "[Something] Camp" we'd been instructed to find and not "[Something] Amp"
Maybe we should put the flyboys together with a dedicated G2A squad so they also have kind of a safe zone where they can repair and lure enemies to, also the organizing could be done by someone in G2A.
Overall going back to 24 maybe isn't that bad of an idea because it would allow the leaders to split their forces. Sending six people there, there other six another way (flanking etc) doesn't cut it in many situations. We often needed larger numbers. So I think 24 people controlled by one "major" SL would be better.
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Now that I can finally post after some activation email cockups, just wanted to say that despite being unable to make last night's action I'll be all over this in the future. Is there any sort of plan for the double XP weekend?
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OK, so I wasn't there, but collating the feedback, together with a few ideas:
- Maybe the PL should make more effort to be at the actual locations, even if that's just sat in a sunderer watching?
- I don't know what the numbers were like, but perhaps the dedicated infantry squads should be put in together, so warnings like "sundie behind that hill" or "tank column moving in from west" get spread around?
- Role Specialization - I don't think this wants to be overdone - my feeling is that each Infantry squad should make sure they have all the roles they need, and can swap around a few people as the tactical situation changes (perhaps have some people nominated to switch to burster max when AA needed?). A dedicated air squad seems good, although is it pure scythe for CAP, or a scythe and upgraded libby mix for a full set of air support? I think a dedicated armour squad would be good too, mix of upgraded mags and lightnings (5/2 or 4/4 mix), to break through enemy lines, smash turrets, force enemy inf inside for our inf to finish the job. If redeploying across the map, could join inf in the first round of gal drop.
- More feedback from SL/FTLs to the PL about the situations? How heavy resistance is, how much ground is being gained etc? Don't know how that actually was.
I enjoyed last nights activities, even though frustration set in at times due to constantly butting our heads against the TR's zerg.
In Bravo squad I feel I still had plenty of opportunities to attempt irreverent comments without disrupting Ridebird's orders, I only hope that this was true
I agree with the comments above that a single squad is not really enough folk to achieve anything on the ground in the face of determined opposition, and the subdivision of the squad to deal with individual objectives was counter-productive at times, in that it made it almost impossible to take and hold a control point for any length of time when only 2 or 3 folk were moving to a cap point.
In my never humble opinion, the platoon should always operate as a unit, with a possible subdivision into 2 infantry squads, an armour squad, and an air squad, with all heading to the same objective e.g. a tech plant.
On assignation of a target, the Air squad moves in first with the Scythes to establish air superiority and then maintain it. With possibly 4 of the Scythes dedicated to anti-armour operations (Libs are not as effective as a rocket pod carrier...and require too many folk to operate effectively within a platoon).
The ground units move in once AS is established, although they should get close enough to move in quickly (without exposing themselves to enemy air), and keep the sundies safe from A2G (with air maxs?), even at the expense of the infantry having to run 1-200 metres, led by our armour moving in to help deal with opposition armour and finally the infantry moving in (close behind the tanks).
All surrounding spawn/ teleport/ jump pads should be taken before heading into the main objective. At this point, half of the armour should actively be hunting for enemy sundies/ spawn beacons. We must cut off the enemy's ability to reinforce.
Once we are ready to assault the main cap points, only then should the infantry squads subdivide, with at least 6 moving to each cap point, even if it only requires 2 to actually cap it. 2 actually cap the point, the others cover the entrances to the cap point and protect the cappers.
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Think that sounds pretty great Laldy, but I also think that we should be able to split in two when needed. But yes, I think we all agree that 12 at one point is just too few. Will be going with 24 as a "squad" in the future, where the two seperate squads can stick together (as can fireteams) in infantry combat in the way that laldy describes.
I will probably split it up as follows in the future, and I think we will mostly be rolling together. Splitting up is good, but I think we need to mostly move together. Anyway, like this:
Alpha + Bravo - infantry. Rolling in sunderers and gals, spawning tanks when needed. Setting up spawn points. Securing capture points and other ground targets. Generally moves together but splits in squads of 12 when needed (inside a bio lab for example). I still think fire teams is just way too few people. If so the SLs will have to split themselves. Both of these are in the same channel on mumble.
Charlie - armor. Mostly mags with Sarons, an AA lightning or two, and some AP lightnings. Seperate channel on mumble. Leads the charge on the ground, covering the infantry. Hunts down enemy armor and sunderers.
Delta - air. Two liberators, eight scythes. Must have Dalton or Zephyrs in the libs, one pilot and one gunner in each. If that cant be organized, its an all scythe squad. Moves in and secures air superiority and most importantly scouts.
Wrote a long post about how to organize it in the future, got ye old "moderator must approve" again, and apparently they never do, or that's just a bug.. Anyway, basically how laldy describes it is how I'll be going for it.
One important thing tho - I will be going for 24 in infantry squadron or whatever, then 12 as armor, 12 as air. I think you can achieve a lot with 12 people in vehicles, but infantry needs to be 24.
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So yeah, general feelings for the best are:
2 Squads inf, shared chat? Perhaps drop the fire team leader roles? Inf work together, but will split by squad where effective (eg Alpha on A, Bravo on C, etc?). Takes objectives on attack, defeneds objectives/provide AA on def
1 Squad armour. Priority on enemy armour. Supports inf assaults by AoEing grouped enemy inf and hunting down sundies. On def, tried to get good fire lines and hold back the advances up the hill. Self repairs?
1 Squad air. Priority one is clear the airspace. Priority 2 is hit enemy armour?
What if we have more than 48? Additional inf squad, air bumped into new platoon (but stays as working with the group through mumble). Alternatively, if we only have a few extra, say 3 or 4, we could have a dedicated recon squad. People who head out in scythes/flash at the PL's request to see what the situation is at likely targets. Hopefully reduces the chance of showing up somewhere to find that the Zerg is already there.
What if we have less than 48? Proportional reductions across the board, or should one of the sections (armour?) take the hit first?
Also - nominated Gal pilots and sundie drivers for each inf squad, to keep things simple for when the PL wants a move out?
Edit: In principle I'm willing to do the PL thing, but my previous bash at it (wed daytime) I was a little indecisive, and I don't know the maps that well yet, so somebody else would probably be better.
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I had a good time last night, although I lost my way quite a few times.
Being colourblind though is a major, major ballache. I could distinguish two colours; one being Blurple and the other Greenyred. I was in a Purple squad which meant that squadnames looked exactly the same as normal friendlies, it was far easier to distinguish Greenyred names from friendlies, but quite difficult to distinguish Greenyred names from enemies.
The confusion was further confounded by the fact that purple squads waypoint was Greenyred, whilst the platoon waypoint was also Greenyred.
There's more... Apparently, once someone from purple squad is in a vehicle (eg, a Sundy), then their name turns Greenyred as well. Suffice to say, I think I made it into the correct Sundy twice.
On the positive side, it was great to team up with such nice people, and I'm sure the suggestions about platoon organisation will continue to improve the experience.
I'll be back for more, but I hope SOE introduce some element of HUD customisation as I was totally lost a lot of the time
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It becomes a bit random as to what your supposed to do once you are without your tool of destruction..
I do believe that the primary roll of the scythe squad would be to take out enemy liberators, since there is no good counter to them on the ground currently (usually too high up for burster maxes). "Liberator above Bravo squad" would be enough for the PL to direct to the scythe squad.
Also... I do think that the moto "keep it simple" should be applied more. A lot of complex ideas where people have dedicated roles and all... It should be more flexible in the beginning while people learn how the whole SL -> PL, joining squads, joining mumble thing works...
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God.. That's hassle. I remember someone made an nvidia settings file that simulated colour blindness and they showed screen shots of lots of big games.I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way
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One of my favorite Mexican-restaurant meals is chiles rellenos, but I try not to order them too frequently because they're not only stuffed with cheese, but deep-fried. (Paired with a coupla' margaritas and a basket of free chips and you've got a meal that has about a billion calories.) But chiles rellenos don't have to be deep-fried, and they're super easy to make at home. Think about it: they're basically just stuffed peppers, made with chiles instead of bell peppers.
These un-fried chiles rellenos are filled with goat cheese and herbs and topped with a super-simple fresh salsa. Make extra salsa to snack on with chips while your chiles are cooking. The sharp flavors in this recipe would pair well with a red sangria, but if you're more of a margarita fan, you can't go wrong (ever, really) with a pitcher of Tyler Florence's Ultimate Margaritas.
Chiles Rellenos With Cherry Tomato Salsa
Serves: 6
2 pounds cherry tomatoes
1 jalapeno chili, stemmed and finely chopped
1 tablespoon finely chopped shallot
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander (cilantro)
12 ancho chilies
1 pound soft goat cheese
4 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano or 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
To make the salsa, remove stalks from the tomatoes, then cut them into quarters if they are small and eighths if they are larger. Place with all the other salsa ingredients in a bowl and mix. You can use this right away or set aside for several hours in the refrigerator
Place the ancho chilies in a medium pot, cover with water and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat, push the chilies into the water so that they are all submerged and set aside to soften for 15 minutes.
Lift the chilies out of the pot and reserve the liquid. When the chilies are cool enough to handle, pull off the stalks and scoop out the seeds, keeping the chilies whole.
Put the cheese, chives and oregano in a bowl and mash with a fork to mix. Stuff the chilies with the cheese mixture and pinch closed. Arrange the stuffed chilies in a single layer in a steamer basket. Pour enough of the reserved liquid into the steamer to make a 3/4-inch layer (make up with water if necessary). Steam for 15 minutes or until the chilies puff out and are tender. Transfer to a platter and surround with the salsa.
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TRIBUTES have been paid to a 27-year-old cyclist who died following a collision with a lorry just yards from his home in Bridgwater.
Dean Biddiscombe, who has been described as "a great, unique guy," was involved in the incident in Bath Road, near the Morrisons distribution centre, on Friday.
Dean was airlifted to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol with massive injuries but later died.
The lorry driver, a 30-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and was later released on police bail.
Dean's friend and former colleague Mark Solanki set up a Facebook page for people to pay tribute the former Bridgwater College student, who worked in the media.
He wrote: "This is for our memories [of] a great, unique guy, who always had a smile on his face and made sure those around him were smiling."
Mr Solanki described Dean as "kind, warm, smart and very funny".
Dean, who is survived by his mum Laura, dad John and sister Donna, is understood to have worked for the BBC in London, in advertising, but moved home at Christmas.
Dean's neighbours Fred and Ann Cox said his death was tragic.
Mrs Cox said: "He was a lovely lad and you couldn't say a bad word about him. He always spoke, was polite and would do anything for anyone.
"He was to start a new job and it's really tragic."
Diane Wilson said: "Dean was a wonderful young man. He ran our local church youth club and was loved by all the kids, probably because he was the biggest kid of the lot. "He had a big personality and a smile to match. We will miss him a great deal, and our church will never be quite the same again."
A spokesman for Morrisons said: "A lorry from a supplier to Morrisons was involved in a collision with a cyclist on Friday afternoon.
"We are assisting with the police in their enquiries and would like to extend our sympathy to the friends and family of the cyclist involved in the incident."
Any witnesses to the collision should contact police on 101.


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The BBC Bed
Lie in it all the time
Larry 7:51pm Wed 2 Aug Report Abuse
Did you get on the wrong site? Of course the news is on every night otherwise it would not be news. Of course they are not repeats as old news is not.........news. Unless of course you are being faceteous then I like your style!
once more 8:01am Fri 12 Jun Report Abuse
This program seems to be on every single night. Frankly I'm tired of BBC repeats. Make something fresh for goodness sake!
Mikatile 6:09pm Wed 10 Jun Report Abuse
Was it necessary for the BBC to hog a third of the viewing screen with over-sized banners obscuring most of what was going on with todays demonstration in Paris. Annoying!!
Mike 3:56pm Sun 11 Jan Report Abuse
again no subtitles for HoH. thanks
Nan 9:12pm New Years Day Report Abuse
while the world burns, BBC will 'report extensively' on a baton relay. WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!!
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The Accent
I am from Yorkshire, but I have friends from Canada and love the show. The actors talk too fast and can't be understood. Slow down
Corrfan 10:56pm Tue 18 Mar Report Abuse
,, of public money, for such narrow, corporate-propaganist and downright lazy reporting on events of world importance,, like Ukraine!!?? No balance, depth or reasonable analysis. BBC GETS AN F!!!
tubby 6:37pm Thu 6 Mar Report Abuse
bong bong bong
"Here is the nine o'clock BBC lies and propaganda"
disgraceful 9:53pm Thu 20 Feb Report Abuse
How many millions do the UK tax payer give them aid every year again ?? Amazing how our politicians can turn a blind eye to gain a few £ in trade :rolleyes:
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On night of tributes, Yanks edge D-backs
NEW YORK -- Robinson Cano's birth certificate ensured that he would be a walking reminder of Jackie Robinson's exploits, and the slugging second baseman doesn't seem to miss an opportunity to celebrate the legacy of the barrier-breaking hero.
Cano blasted a mammoth three-run homer and Mariano Rivera, the last active player still regularly wearing uniform No. 42, nailed down the save as the Yankees fittingly defeated the D-backs, 4-2, on Tuesday as the clubs celebrated Jackie Robinson Day at Yankee Stadium.
"That was one of the days that you always want to be in the big leagues to play," said Cano, who was named after the Hall of Famer by his father, Jose. "That guy opened the door for us. It's amazing to get a chance to wear 42 that day."
All players and on-field personnel in the Bronx wore No. 42 on Tuesday to pay tribute to Robinson one day after the 66th anniversary of his first game for the Dodgers at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field on April 15, 1947.
Rivera, who was in his third season with the Yankees when Major League Baseball universally retired Robinson's number in 1997, said that it felt noteworthy to log a save -- his third of the season and No. 611 overall -- on this night.
"Definitely -- that's what we try to do, not only today, but every day," Rivera said. "Today is a little bit special, definitely, because we're commemorating Jackie Robinson Day. To come up with the victory and be the guy to close the game, it's pretty good."
Ivan Nova navigated five wobbly innings to pick up his first victory of the season, and Eduardo Nunez lifted a seventh-inning sacrifice fly to provide insurance as the Yankees opened their 2013 Interleague slate with their sixth win in the last seven games.
The victory came on an eventful night in the Bronx, as the Yankees also paid tribute to those affected by Monday's tragedies at the Boston Marathon with a pregame ceremony and the playing of Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline," a fan favorite at Red Sox games, before the top of the fourth.
"You think about that being a song that's a tradition there -- it's special to Fenway Park and the people of Boston," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "We're behind them. Put the baseball teams aside; we want to be there for them."
Making his second start of the year, Nova needed 94 pitches to get through five frames, but he limited Arizona to two runs on seven hits. The right-hander outpitched the D-backs' Brandon McCarthy, who lasted just four innings before the game turned into a battle of the bullpens.
"It feels really good," said Nova, who logged his first win since last Sept. 15. "I was joking with the guys -- I don't remember when the last time was that I won a ballgame. I know that I didn't go far enough in the game. It's something we will keep working on. Hopefully, this is a good sign for me."
Girardi said that the Yankees seemed to wake up from their slow start when Cano's bat came alive, and with his 2-for-4 performance on Tuesday, Cano is now 13-for-26 (.500) with 11 RBIs over his last six games.
"Robbie got going, and we got going as a team," Girardi said. "The big three-run homer tonight ends up being the game-winning hit. It seemed like when he started to get hot, our offense took off a little bit."
Rivera, who was watching as Cano's drive cleared the bullpen and landed in the right-field bleachers, said that Cano's emergence into a bona-fide big league star and team leader should be no surprise.
"I have seen Cano grow through the years," Rivera said. "Since I saw him in the Minor Leagues, he has a kind of easy way to getting it done. You make a mistake with a guy like that, and you're going to pay."
Especially right around the 15th of April. Over the last five Jackie Robinson Days, Cano is hitting .474 (9-for-19) with four homers and eight RBIs.
Cano said that his father, who pitched briefly with the Astros in 1989, told him about Robinson at a young age, but he started to appreciate Robinson's impact only around age 15 or 16.
"You don't realize until you grow a little," Cano said. "You can't understand all the things that he went through. If it wasn't because of him, I wouldn't be here right now."
Both of Arizona's runs off Nova came in the third inning, as Miguel Montero lifted a sacrifice fly and Cody Ross connected for a one-out RBI single, but Nova settled in to clamp the damage there.
"We got his pitch count up early, but he kind of settled down," Arizona's Eric Hinske said. "He was throwing his sinker well and kept us off balance with his curveball and his changeup. We needed to get after him when he had his pitch count up, and we weren't able to do it. "
Boone Logan, Joba Chamberlain and David Robertson all pitched well in relief to get the ball to Rivera in the ninth, with the quartet combining for four innings of one-hit work with no walks and three strikeouts.
"Everybody did a tremendous job," Rivera said. "From Logan to Robertson and the rest, we just try to do our job. We've been pitching better, and we want to keep it that way."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Fed decision was fairly close to what was anticipated in this earlier blog – all "twist" and no "shout". However, on balance, the statement was slightly more dovish than I expected. Concerns about downside risks to economic activity were at least as great as in last month's FOMC statement, with new downside risks from financial strains being specifically mentioned, and this has swayed the majority of the committee to introduce a slightly more aggressive operation "twist" than expected. Inflation concerns, while marginally greater than in the August FOMC statement, are clearly insufficient to impress the committee, which remains biased towards further easing even after today's announcement.
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text: Chicago Auto Show Announces 2013 Dates: February 9-18 June 6, 2012 11:50 AM Chicago Auto Show Announces 2013 Dates: February 9-18 The nation's largest auto show takes advantage of the Presidents Day holiday to heighten exhibitor value: the public portion of 2013 Chicago Auto Show will now run from Saturday, Feb. 9 through Monday, Feb. 18, which marks the first time since 1998 that the show will open to the public on a Saturday. "From years past, we know that Presidents Day at the Chicago Auto Show is huge from an attendance standpoint and we want to ensure as many people as possible can attend our show," said 2013 Chicago Auto Show Chairman Mike Ettleson. "This will help give our exhibitors the best value and best opportunity to reach new buyers." The Chicago Auto Show's black-tie benevolent event, First Look for Charity, will shift from Thursday to Friday, Feb. 8. "It's a move our charities have asked for and it will, no doubt, increase attendance at one of Chicago's most popular charity events," says 2013 Chicago Auto Show Co-Chairman Kurt Schiele. Accordingly, the Media Preview for the Chicago Auto Show will begin Thursday, Feb. 7 and conclude Friday, Feb. 8. Please visit ChicagoAutoShow.com or Facebook.com/ChicagoAutoShow for more information. Back to News


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Mobile Form enables LiveCycle XFA forms on mobile devices. It does it by rendering XFA Form to Html5 document.
As per Sling website, Apache Sling is a web framework that uses a Java Content Repository, such as Apache Jackrabbit, to store and manage content. Sling applications use either scripts or Java servlets, selected based on simple name conventions, to process HTTP requests in a RESTful way.
Mobile Form has a service that generates HTML snippet from XFA form. That html snippet, along with the xfaform css and js, can be embedded into any web page using the sling constructs like the following:
<%@ page session="false" %>
<%@taglib prefix="sling" uri="http://sling.apache.org/taglibs/sling/1.0"%>
<%@taglib prefix="cq" uri="http://www.day.com/taglibs/cq/1.0" %>
String locale = "en_US";
Pause and take a look at the highlighted lines 14,15 and 18. Rest of the stuff is pretty standard sling jsp script. We use the recommended practice for including client side libraries. The first includeClientLib is for including the locale specific messages you can modify the xfaLocale parameter to control it where as the other includeClientLib is for including the XFA Runtime.
Sling include @ line 18 is responsible for the html snippet, I mentioned earlier. You can create you page and just add these lines to include client side libs and html snippet to get the form running.
We call the content node and the sling script, responsible for rendering form embedded in web page, Html profile. We call it so because, profile dictates how a form should look like and how it behaves. That means one needs to play with the profile for all the customization required in the form. Mobile Form leaves a lot of hooks in the generated html snippet in order to help the customization.


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WASHINGTON — A news website is attacking U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu for outstanding property tax penalties on her family's Washington, D.C., home.
An article in The Daily Caller, a website founded by conservative pundit Tucker Carlson, calls it a "twist of hypocrisy" that Landrieu, D-La., is calling for more federal revenues — in addition to budget cuts — while having taxation penalties of her own.
Washington, D.C., property assessment records show her Capitol Hill home is valued at $2.36 million and is facing $1,206.95 in penalties and interest as of Feb. 2.
The home is listed under the name of Landrieu's husband, Frank Snellings, and has more than $20,000 in annual property taxes. The property also had penalties in 2005 and 2006.
Landrieu is a top target for the Republican Party in 2014 when she faces re-election as the most powerful Democrat in an increasingly conservative state.
Landrieu has argued that the federal budget and deficit problems cannot be solved by cutting alone. She has contended that any deal must include Republicans accepting more revenues by eliminating some of the corporate-desired credits, such as "closing offshore tax havens" for corporations.
"There is no doubt that we have a budget challenge on our hands and that revenues are not in line with spending," Landrieu said in an interview earlier this month. "I have been saying consistently for years now that, in order to correct it, you've got to have both additional revenues and spending reductions."
The Daily Caller article says it's hypocritical of Landrieu to call for extra tax revenues while having taxation penalties of her own.
Landrieu criticized Republicans and conservative media outlets for focusing on nondefense discretionary spending as out of control.
She said the spending includes paying for veterans' benefits, transportation infrastructure, education and more.
The real spending problem is with mandatory spending for "earned benefits" programs like Social Security, she said. There are a lot more retirees. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid combine for more than 40 percent of federal spending, she said.
Landrieu and her husband are traveling in Asia this week and Washington, D.C., government offices were closed Monday because of the President's Day federal holiday.
"When they reopen, we will be able to supply you with additional information on this issue," Landrieu spokeswoman Amber McDowell said in an email response.
Some of Landrieu's potential opponents in 2014 include U.S. Reps. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge; Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette; and John Fleming, R-Minden; former U.S. Rep. Jeff Landry, R-New Iberia; and state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education President Chas Roemer, of Baton Rouge.


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